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Medicine As Instrument of Power

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Post published:June 13, 2017
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This is a powerful bit of truth-telling that should give pause to all those involved in modern medicine. It illustrates the truth that medicien is too important to be left in the hands of doctors. Those who wish to follow…

Why The Odds Favor Islam

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Post published:June 12, 2017
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Here is a sobering piece by William Kilpatrick, published in Crisis Magazine, June 12, 2017. It will perk the spirits of Christians, and give pasue for deep thought to secularists. ************…

A Fine Essay On The End of Universities

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Post published:May 21, 2017
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Here is a fine piece by the eloquent British thinker and author Roger Scruton, on the decline of our universities. Who would ever have thought we would see sucha day? https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/04/the-end-of-the-university…

My “Interview” With the CBC’s Peter Gzowski

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Post published:May 5, 2017
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I am in the process of assembling a collection of some of the Audio and Video interviews I have done over the last thirty years, to leave for my five children and thirteen grandchildren. They were not aware of much…

How Exercise Can Kill You

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Post published:April 12, 2017
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I am still in a bit of shock and disbelief that I am writing this blog. I have been a sport and exercise junkie for over 60 years, and I have lately discovered the new sport science that says I,…

Can Democracy Be Moral?

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Post published:April 11, 2017
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This is a slightly edited version of a previously published essay I wrote in the last century (!) of the same title. I have been thinking a lot lately of the distinction that seems to have been lost between a…

An Autopsy On “The Humanities”

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Post published:April 5, 2017
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Speaking as a one-time English Professor, I would say this essay by the American writer James Walker, recently posted online with Quillette Magazine, accurately exposes the intellectual rot in the so-called Humanities. **************…

Why Communalism Can’t Work

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Post published:March 30, 2017
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This Snapshot is taken from: The Trouble With Canada …Still! (BPS Books, 2010). ***************…

What “Euthansia” Is, and Is Not

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Post published:March 27, 2017
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If you ask most people to define “euthanasia”, they will pause a little, then say it has something to do with helping someone who is old, or sick, or suffering, to die. They rarely consider the various complicated scenarios that…

Libertarianism is a Handmaid of the State

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Post published:March 22, 2017
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What follows is my response to a group of friends in our discussion of the Pros and Cons of Libertarianism: *******************…