By Matthew Clark Infirmitas Occidentalis translated from latin means Western Weakness. Although this is a very general title it is vastly understated. It has been centuries since the collective Western nations, comprising Europe, the Western Hemisphere, along with Australia and New Zealand, have been so weak in so many areas vis-a-vis the remainder of the world's countries. What makes this state of affairs so alarming is that the non-Western World is not really in a state of

By Matthew Clark "Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?" This autumn (2026) the citizens of Alberta will vote on this question in a provincial wide referendum. Initially it appeared that Albertans were going to be able to vote directly on whether to remain politically within

By Matthew Clark In Canada according to legacy media support among residents of the Canadian province of Alberta for Alberta nationhood, that is Albertans severing their political union with Canada to form their own nation, is running at 20%. Given the jurisdictions population which is greater than 5 million, this means at least 1 million citizens of Alberta support the action of Albertan separation. In the Canadian province of Quebec support for separation stands at approxia

By Matthew Clark According to The Old Farmer's Almanac (almanac.com/content/history-mothers-day) the first observance of Mother's day occurred in 1887 in Henderson, Kentucky. A teacher by the name of Mary Rawles Sasseen led her class in a session focusing on honouring mothers. Later Ms. Sasseen would publish a pamphlet calling for a special day to honour mothers. She suggested April 20th (her mothers birthday) as a good date to salute all moms. Mary died in 1906. Three women,