A year-and-a-half after wildfires destroyed more than 2,000 homes on the Hawaiian island of Maui, just six have been rebuilt. In City Journal, Alex Hu explains how local elected officials determined to close Hawaii off from the rest of the world have brought restoration to a standstill. “Radical councilmembers have called their pro-building colleagues names like ‘colonizer’…and advocated for secession from the United States,” he writes of the deadlock.
Residential School Denialist – “Dad” for Short
The CBC et al have courteously minimized Mark Carney’s father Robert’s long career as an Indian day school principal and superintendent of native schooling programs – presumably to help the Liberal Leader more easily sluff off this “problematic” family history. At PJ Media, David Solway notes the elder Carney’s role was far greater than generally reported – as was his unwavering belief in the rightness of what he was doing – and that this should actually be celebrated.
