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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.

• 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 ›

• GRIST FOR THE PETITION

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  I’ve been trying for years now, but to no avail. And so I’ve finally given up hoping for death threats. Instead I’ve decided to settle, if I can get even this, for a petition for my dismissal. To that end… Read More ›

• IDENTITY

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  I think of myself as tall, dark, and handsome. I’m both fun and funny. I’m warm, sensitive, caring, generous, and incredibly intelligent. In short, I’m God’s gift to women. But apparently this judgment is not widely shared.  But surely there’s… Read More ›

• BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THE SJW’S DILEMMA

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 21, 2021 • ( 1 )

  Here’s something I do know. As with everywhere else on the planet, there was tribal warfare in Africa long before European colonialism. What I don’t know – but I stand to be instructed – is whether that colonialism mitigated that… Read More ›

• OF DESPAIR

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  I can imagine there are moments – I suspect we’ve all had them – when life is such that one’s grown weary of it. If she’s lucky, which thankfully most of us are, that weariness passes, either because, thank God,… Read More ›

• THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE …

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 21, 2021 • ( 1 )

  Nobody likes to be surveilled, but I don’t think Derek Chauvin thought he was doing anything wrong. Nobody likes to be told he’s doing something wrong. When challenged we all have a knee-jerk tendency to double down. So being told… Read More ›

• A DECLARATION OF WAR

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 18, 2021 • ( 21 )

  The meaning of a word or phrase is how it’s used, and its use changes with the alacrity of the weather. Kleenex used to be a brand name, now it’s synonymous with facial tissue. Likewise to vacuum became to hoover…. Read More ›

• DIVERSE DOES NOT MEAN UNORTHODOX

  By paulosophicalvimplications on April 18, 2021 • ( 1 )

  Here’s a little known fact about human beings. They compete for resources, certainly, but also for higher positions in the social pecking order. That is, I could have made more money in the private sector – still could, in fact… Read More ›