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“It Landed On President Trump’s Desk This Morning”

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Post published:February 7, 2019
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Here is the link to my article “Democracy, Abortion, and Slavery,” which was recently published in The Epoch Times newspaper in New York City. https://www.theepochtimes.com/democracy-abortion-and-slavery_2776955.html In my opinion, the link established here between abortion and the new kind of slavery…

“Predatory Censorship”

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:January 17, 2019
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The title of this post is comprised of just two very apt words from an article published last August by Sir Roger Scruton, called “The Art of Taking Offence.” And I am very grateful for them. It was the physicist…

The Prosecution of Free Speech in Canada

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Post published:January 14, 2019
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Here is a piece from American Thinker that will startle anyone who remembers what “free speech” used to mean. The best rendering of the underlying principle was articulated in her book Life of Voltaire, by Evelyn Hall (d.1956). This was…

The Abortion Right, Compassion, and “Accidental Live Birth”

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:January 4, 2019
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I am part of a freethinker group that debates all sorts of topics by email. Recently, I got into it, as they say, with R and H, who both (thus far) support a woman’s “right” to abortion and they ground…

A Beautiful 3 Minute Song By One Singer In Four Octaves

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Post published:December 25, 2018
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When I first heard this I could have sworn it was at least a quartet. Quite amazing, and moving… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GudXZUgQxegnd …

A “Progressive” Analysis of The Christmas Story

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Post published:December 23, 2018
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Here is a rather funny take on the Christmas story composed by my colleague, Professor Harley Price. Harley teaches classes in the School of Continuing Education at the University of Toronto in all sorts of wonderful subjects from classic Greek…

“Disruptive Essays” – Just Released! There Are No Safe Spaces In This Book

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Post published:November 26, 2018
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This is a letter of flagrant self-promotion to say that my latest book, Disruptive Essays, has just been released, and is available on websites such as Amazon and Chapters. You can see it on the Home page of this website,…

“The Epoch Times”, Falun Gong, and Me

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:October 17, 2018
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A few weeks go I was approached by an Editor working for a newspaper based in New York city called The Epoch Times, who said he had been following my work, and asked me to write Op-Ed columns for his…

Murderers, Aboriginal “Healing Lodges” & So-called “Restorative Justice”

Post author:William Gairdner
Post published:October 4, 2018
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I have just read about how Terri-Lynne McClintic, the murderer and accomplice to the rape – the rape! – of eight-year old Tori Stafford – has been transferred to a low-security “healing lodge” where, it is assumed by Correctional Services…

The Real Meaning of A Living Constitution

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Post published:September 4, 2018
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Below are the last words of a little-known, 115-page book I published with Stoddart in 1994, entitled Constitutional Crack-Up, when Quebec was agitating for separation, yet again, and Canada’s Federal Government was wallowing in the confusions and contradictions over what…