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 ›
Social and Political Philosophy
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 ›
A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON PERSPECTIVES
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
JUST WALK AWAY
In Canada, the US and the Antipodes, English is the name of the language spoken by us Western settler colonialists. I accept that. So those opposed to Western settler colonialism should have no trouble accepting that the language they’re speaking… Read More ›
DYSPHORIA
You say you present as a man but you feel like a woman. I get the first part, because I can see that you do, but I’m not sure I understand the second. How would you know what it feels… Read More ›
