CategoryBarry Cooper
-
Continue Reading →: The Fraud of “Settler Colonialism”
The Fraud of “Settler Colonialism”
One of the most bizarre and ill-informed symbols employed by the activist and progressivist left is “settler colonialism.” Fortunately, Adam Kirsch, a poet and an editor of the Weekend Review section of the Wall Street Journal, has recently published a brief but incisive analysis of what the phrase means and of the political reality referred to…
-
Continue Reading →: BUY our NEW BOOK! Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic
BUY our NEW BOOK! Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic
Our new book Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic is now on sale in electronic form at AMAZON.ca. Print copies may also be purchased on Amazon or through the Haultain Institute (see HERE). This book deals with the political and social dimensions of the policy reaction to COVID-19. Nearly four years later,…
-
Continue Reading →: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic
The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic
Excerpt from Chapter 7, “The Democratic Politics of Fear,” in the newly expanded book: Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic (February 2023) by Barry Cooper and Marco Navarro-Génie. Published in The Epoch Times. We consider the evidence for, and consequences of, government-induced fear leading to lack of trust. The outcome was not…