Just say 'no' to Nenshi
The megalomaniacal former Calgary mayor would make a poor choice for Alberta NDP leader
CALGARY — The race to succeed Rachel Notley as Alberta NDP leader is heating up, with three high-profile MLAs announcing runs over the past week. Yet the biggest name cited as a possible contender for the job, former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, remains on the sidelines for now.
Nenshi, who’s never been formally affiliated with the party, said at the start of the month that he’d been “listening to a lot of pitches” from NDP insiders and other Albertans about entering race. He sent rumours about his potential candidacy into overdrive a few days later, with an impassioned speech calling out Premier Danielle Smith at a protest over the premier’s new gender identity policies.
The notion of the urbane Nenshi taming Alberta provincial politics — historically a political Wild West dominated by populist gunslingers like Smith and three-term premier Ralph Klein — has already caught fire with media elites outside of the province.
But Nenshi taking the Alberta NDP’s top job would be a terrible idea for a number of reasons.
First, no matter what party he aligns himself with, Nenshi will always
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/just-say-no-to-nenshi
The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal
The America of 1960 was healthier than the America of 2025 because they lived in an environment that did not conspire against physiology.
Independent Medical Alliance Sep 17
By IMA Co-Founder Dr. Joseph Varon
Originally published by The Brownstone Institute on 09/16/2025
Walk into any American airport today and pause. Look around at the travelers waiting at the gate, the families queuing for fast food, the crowds rushing past. You are looking at a country that our grandparents would not recognize. In less than three generations, the very shape of the American body has shifted so dramatically that what would once have been regarded as rare or concerning is now routine. Airplane seats have been widened, retail clothing racks have been extended, mannequins have been reshaped, and soda cups have been enlarged. Entire industries have recalibrated to accommodate a physiology that is neither healthy nor sustainable.
Yet our cultural ...
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