Today, December 30, is Dress Like a Hutterite Day. The debate over this has been raging for a few years now, and it’s put the SJW in a difficult position. Mocking members of the dominant culture has always been more… Read More ›
Humour
THE PROBLEM WITH DEATH THREATS
The problem with death threats is that you can’t elicit them. God knows I’ve tried. They have to come at you from left field, which so far they haven’t. So obviously I need to switch strategies. Not unlike a drug… Read More ›
MY MARXIST CREDENTIALS
I’ve never been sure what’s meant by left and right, but I am sure I’m neither. Still, it’s been brought to my attention – by a friend, so he must be right – that I’m more than a tad selective… Read More ›
THE DEVIL’S LAMENT
They say the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn’t exist. Not so. In fact his greatest frustration is that he can’t convince the world he does. I have a recently retired colleague for whom… Read More ›
TRUDEAU’S 21 SECONDS OF SILENCE
I thought nothing could outdo Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, until … The other day, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked by a reporter what he thought of Donald Trump’s words and actions in response to the… Read More ›
BAD THOUGHTS
There’s nothing praiseworthy about someone who never has to transcend the ‘worser’ angels of her nature. So if you’ve never had to wrestle with the guy with the horns and pitchfork sitting on your shoulder, I really don’t want to… Read More ›
If You Wanna Be Serious, Lighten Up
WHY MY COLLEAGUES ARE IDIOTS – Rant # 170 – IF YOU WANNA BE SERIOUS, LIGHTEN UP Some conceptions of God are incoherent. On pain of irrationality, those can be rejected ab initio. Others are coherent but they violate Occam’s Razor…. Read More ›