Nation Of Cowards

By Jeffrey R. Snyder
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“Cowardice” and “self-respect” have largely disappeared from public discourse. In their place we are offered “self-esteem” as the bellwether of success and a proxy for dignity. “Self-respect” implies that one recognizes standards, and judges oneself worthy by the degree to which one lives up to them. “Self-esteem” simply means that one [...]

Chinese Miners For Chinese Mine

A China-backed mining company, which plans to open a huge coal mine in Northeastern [British Columbia], says that it wants to bring in a [Chinese] workforce of 400 from China to mine the coal. Ironically, the request for Chinese workers is similar to the requests for Chinese workers made by Chinese businessmen in the Vancouver [...]