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I'm a philosophy professor at the University of Lethbridge in Southern Alberta, Canada. I specialize in philosophy of war, game theory, contractarianism, and theodicy (the Problem of Evil). I am bald, fat, and ugly, but my wife loves me, so I don't care.

• DO I HAVE THIS RIGHT OR NOT?

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 19, 2021 • ( 5 )

  I think it will generally be allowed that unprotected sex is better sex than protected sex. And so one needn’t be an idiot to opt for unprotected sex if there were, say, only a one in a hundred chance of… Read More ›

• THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 17, 2021 • ( 4 )

  Israel could pretend to hold the moral high ground – not in the Muslim world of course, but certainly in the West – from 1948 until the Six Day War in ’67. But whatever might be said of the Palestinians… Read More ›

• HOW TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE TERRORIST – LESSON SIX

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 10, 2021 • ( 3 )

  PICKING THE RIGHT TARGET I’m on record of having suggested that the targeting of the Twin Towers, though not bad, could have been better. This is because much if not most of Main Street sheds only crocodile tears when Wall… Read More ›

• HOW TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE TERRORIST – LESSON FIVE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  THE DIRECT APPROACH In Lesson One we asked under what conditions terrorism might be justified, and we concluded that there are no conditions under which it’s not. This is because justification in a state of war is what, were he… Read More ›

• NEAR ENOUGH GOOD ENOUGH

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  As a philosopher – never mind a social and political one – it’s not surprising I’d be pretty keen on freedom of expression. After all, there’s not much point taking the widow’s mite to think about things if, having thought… Read More ›

• CONTEMPORARY TV JOURNALISM

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Here’s what counts as TV journalism in this age of infotainment. The interviewer asks a question, the politician delivers her stump speech, which has nothing to do with the question being asked. The interviewer asks another question, and she responds… Read More ›

• THE ANCHOR RACE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  There’s a stiff competition between the three not-really-news news channels, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, as to which can boast the most irritating prime-time anchor. CNN has put three runners in the qualifying heat: Anderson Cooper, the Incessant You-Knower, Chris… Read More ›

• HOW TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE TERRORIST – LESSON FOUR

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 6, 2021 • ( 2 )

  THE SO-CALLED SUICIDE BOMBER Here’s a little known fact. Someone intent on killing himself doesn’t go to the trouble of strapping sticks of dynamite to his chest, or hijacking a passenger plane. So talk of a ‘suicide bomber’ or a… Read More ›

• HOW TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE TERRORIST – LESSONS ONE THRU THREE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on May 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  LESSON ONE: THE DEFENCE OF TERRORISM The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn’t exist. I’m  just as clever. I titled this paper so that whatever censors might be out there would think it’s obviously… Read More ›

• THE NEW SEGREGATIONISTS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 25, 2021 • ( 1 )

  Whether true or just media hype, it’s widely believed that attempts to integrate our diverse communities – white and black in America, white and indigenous in Canada – have not only failed, they’ve failed miserably. And so there’s a growing… Read More ›