In the rest of the world … Stop right there. When I talk about “the rest of the world”, what I mean – as would any white supremacist European settler colonialist – are places other than Western Europe, North America… Read More ›
Everything You Wanted to Know About What’s Going On in the World But Were Afraid to Ask
WHY I DON’T GIVE INTERVIEWS
Last week the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, on my behalf and that of two other complainants, filed a Charter challenge against the University of Lethbridge for cancelling a talk I had organised by Frances Widdowson on the effects of… Read More ›
ONE TIN SOLDIER
Man steps into a crowded hotel elevator. “What floor?” asks the woman closest to the buttons. “Ladies lingerie,” he answers. Everyone laughs. She doesn’t. She’s from Women’s Studies, so of course she files a sexual harassment complaint against him. It’s… Read More ›
HOMO HUMOROSO
The recent spate of public Quran burnings, first in Sweden and now in Denmark, and Moslem countries calling in their ambassadors – as if these demonstrations were state-sponsored – goes to the very core of the freedom of expression debate,… Read More ›
HOW TO SURVIVE THIS
If you’re called out for a micro-aggression, call out the micro-aggression of being called out for a micro-aggression. If it’s then argued that the subaltern can’t micro-aggress, nod your head in full agreement and then point to yourself as the… Read More ›
AN APOLOGIA
We all notice patterns. But we don’t all notice the same patterns. Here’s one I’m noticing. In defending the revised curriculum for schools subject to the authority of the Florida Department of Education, Ron DeSantis observed that at least some… Read More ›
BASIC GRAMMAR FOR ESL STUDENTS AND THE WOKE
Call it special pleading, but there’s a reason to keep old people alive. It’s not that we’re wiser. It’s that we’re more likely to’ve seen it all before. For example: Back in the day – by which I mean when… Read More ›
NOT THE SHARPEST PENCIL IN THE BOX
What follows might appear to be me doubling down on my pasquinading the Dean of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge. But it’s not. It’s just a standard exercise in the Philosophy of Language. To wit: After his… Read More ›
WHAT THE JASON ALDEAN CONTROVERSY IS REALLY ALL ABOUT
For some people what matters is which songs are # 3 and # 4 on the Country and Western charts. Is there something defective about these people? Obviously, because what really matters is, What’s better, an Eatmore or an Oh… Read More ›
THE LAST TO PASS JUDGMENT
There’s a word that needs to be coined – it should probably be an ism – to capture the following pattern. If you tune into CNN or MSNBC, you’ll note that they often give voice to Republicans who complain they… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 