Barbara Kay columnist and writer focusing on political subjects

Barbara Kay: If ideologues are teaching our judges, the public has a need to know

September 5, 2018

Legal academics are openly reinterpreting their mission. Historically teachers of legal principles and law codes, they now see themselves as social-justice warriors called upon to right historical wro...

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Barbara Kay: If writing off 2019 gets us a real conservative party, so be it

August 28, 2018

Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub: Trudeau and Scheer fight for the oars, while a smiling Bernier rocks the boat.Did Bernier walk away from the CPC or was he pushed? Whatever, a poll immediately fol...

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Barbara Kay: A new report sounds the alarm on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria

August 22, 2018

Imagine yourself the parent of an adolescent boy or (more likely) girl without a single previous sign of body dysphoria, who “out of the blue” decides she is transgender. She demands a ...

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Barbara Kay: It’s time to bring some order, and safety, back to our classrooms

July 24, 2018

The term “tough love” was not yet in usage when I was in high school, but it was the prevailing attitude in terms of discipline. Chronic disruptors were expelled. Teachers had real auth...

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Barbara Kay: For the first time, Israel is the world’s most Jewish country — this is a game-changer

July 17, 2018

The announcement was not unexpected. On the contrary, for those who follow the subject, it was long anticipated. But the words themselves, spoken by Israel’s Immigration Minister, Sofa Landve...

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Barbara Kay: One woman’s journey from social-justice warrior to free-speech champion

July 10, 2018

When my son’s family took up residency in Toronto’s Riverdale neighbourhood, previously unknown to me, I discovered a continually gentrifying urban paradise, rich in cultural diversity....

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Barbara Kay: Suggestions for the new Ontario sex-ed curriculum

July 3, 2018

Doug Ford’s victory was in some measure due to his promise — I believe a heartfelt one — to repeal the sex ed curriculum in Ontario schools. I assume there’s a replacement prog...

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Barbara Kay: UBC had a #MeToo bloodletting. It was a disaster for everyone

June 26, 2018

The Lottery, Shirley Jackson’s macabre 1948 tale illuminating the human tendency to conform with evil, ranks high amongst American short stories. The ending is unforgettably shocking: as the ...

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Barbara Kay: The male crisis that’s ruining our boys and no one cares about

June 13, 2018

Father’s Day approaches and with it the opportunity to consider the importance of fathers to their children.It is difficult to overstate both the positive effects of growing up with a father a...

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Barbara Kay: A celebrated figure today could well be the condemned sinner of tomorrow

June 5, 2018

It was a happy day for the Winnipeg Pakistani community at the recent official opening of a park named for Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan in 1948. The ceremonies were presided over by...

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Barbara Kay: A new documentary gives ammunition to the sugar-is-deadly warriors

May 30, 2018

For decades, the low-fat diet has been to health and weight as Marxism to political governance: a catastrophic failure. People are fatter and sicker than ever. Why? Because lowering fat intake resu...

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Barbara Kay: Hamas will always win the PR war, even as Israel wins the military victories

May 22, 2018

In his May 16 column, Terry Glavin takes Israel to task for the deaths and injuries of Gazan Palestinians sustained in the border clashes he concedes that Hamas orchestrated.Yes, Glavin understands...

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Barbara Kay: Israelis hold their fire as long as they can. Hamas writes cheques after mass suicides

May 18, 2018

There’s an old French proverb which, translated, reads: “This animal is very bad; when you attack it, it defends itself.” There is only one “animal” — politicall...

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Barbara Kay: The embassy move only angers the usual suspects. Even the Arab leaders have bigger problems now

May 15, 2018

So Israel’s U.S. embassy is where it belongs: Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital. It took its sweet time getting there, but, thanks to the last person on Earth most Americans want to c...

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Barbara Kay: We’ve forgotten how bad Communism was. Identity politics reminds us

May 8, 2018

Ten days ago I heard Bill Browder speak at a packed fundraising event. Browder’s bestselling 2015 memoir, Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man’s Fight for Justic...

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Barbara Kay: Another cultural institution succumbs to Jordan Peterson hysteria

May 1, 2018

This Friday marks the 175th consecutive weekly “Free Raif Badawi” vigil in Sherbrooke, Quebec, where the imprisoned Saudi blogger’s family found asylum and have lived as permanent...

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Barbara Kay: The agony of an attack without explanation, and the pain of chaos

April 24, 2018

The method is only too familiar. The motive of the man who rammed a van into dozens of pedestrians in Toronto on Monday is so far unclear, although it is for the moment tentatively linked to sexual...

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Barbara Kay: A gift for Israel’s birthday: a legal summary of its clear legitimacy

April 17, 2018

Israel’s 70th birthday will be celebrated Thursday. Note the passive voice. I would have preferred “the world will join in celebration of Israel’s 70th birthday,” but immedi...

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Barbara Kay: This spring, the fight to protect free speech in Canada continues

April 3, 2018

Never has freedom of speech been so vulnerable in Canada, but I will be privileged to take personal inspiration and hope for change on this front at three events on my spring calendar.On April 26 i...

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Barbara Kay: Getting to the heart of what M-103 was always all about

March 14, 2018

On Feb. 1, the National Heritage Committee submitted the report called for by the passage of M-103 last winter.M-103 surprised its backers when it turned out not to be the slam dunk they thought it...

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