At any given time, there are about 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, which means at least 50,000 live births per year, which means about an extra, say, 24,000 young men reaching fighting age per year. So even if only a… Read More ›
Everything You Wanted to Know About What’s Going On in the World But Were Afraid to Ask
THE JUNKED AND THE UNJUNKED
Some time ago the feminist philosophy journal Hypatia published an article by Rebecca Tuvel in which she argued that, given the argumentation involved, if one can be transgendered, likewise can one be transracial, and if one can’t be transracial then… Read More ›
A PUZZLE ABOUT THE MEDIA
Last Saturday, October 7th, 600 people – and still counting – died in a Hamas breakout from Gaza. And on the same morning, 2000 people – and still counting – died in an earthquake in Afghanistan. The breakout dominated the… Read More ›
DON’T ASK DON’T TELL
Right from the get-go last Saturday morning, it’s been dubbed Israel’s 9/11. Yes there are parallels. But among them is the assiduous avoidance, in the largely pro-Zionist media, of asking what have the Israelis been doing to the Palestinians in… Read More ›
KATHLEEN MASSEY
For those of us intent on alerting those who’ve yet to be disabused of the positive effects of wokeism on the university, the Widdowson affair is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest, which came to my attention only… Read More ›
THE HODES/RODYCH DEBATE
This entry will make no sense unless first you read these: Hodes, C. (2023). A Settler Colonialism Induced Feminist Snap: A case study in IRS denialism and institutional violence in Canada. Feminist Asylum: A Journal of Critical Interventions, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.5195/faci.2023.107 , https://feministasylum.pitt.edu/faci/article/view/107,… Read More ›
NOTES ON THE EFFECTS OF WOKEISM ON THE ACADEMY
I’ve been asked to serve sometime next month on a panel discussion on the effects of wokeism on the academy. In no particular order of importance, here’s what I’m likely to say: One element of wokeism is (what Jonathan Haidt… Read More ›
GASLIGHTING
Killing means to end a life of, well, pretty much anything. Murder means to wrongfully end the life, but presumably only of another human being. To discriminate means to ascertain a difference and act accordingly. So, for example, she has… Read More ›
REVISIONIST APOLOGETICS
If you’re ever in court, and you want to inject a little humour into the proceedings, try speaking into your flip phone, “Beam me up, Scotty!” But if instead you think a little honesty might help your case, try “You… Read More ›
FLY SOUP
Man dining in a high-end French restaurant. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup.” “Mais non, Monsieur, zis iz vly zoup!” Why does it matter? Because if it’s a fly in my soup I’m entitled to an apology and dinner… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 