I have been unfriended on Facebook by Robert Bidinotto, a writer with a decidedly conservative bent, who commands quite a following. As far as I can tell, very few in his group disagree with him, and the overall tone of the discussions is like a tea-party, where everyone basically agrees. My sin was apparently disagreeing […]
Photo Credit: CanStockPhoto under creative commons licence Where is the line between the right to free expression and the responsibility to respect others? There’s a debate going on now about whether media outlets should republish the cartoons from Charlie Hebdo that enraged three men in France enough to kill 25 people at the magazine and […]
There is a world-wide, religious war going on right now, even though Western, democratic and governmental leaders don’t want to admit it. It’s not a war prosecuted by all Muslims, not by any stretch. But it is a war, a campaign against freedoms the West purports to stand for: freedom of thought, freedom of […]
I’m taking a huge chance here. Last week, the news media were full of the story about York University in Toronto accommodating a male student’s request not to be put in a study group with women, on religious grounds. The identity and specific religion of the student are protected under Canada’s privacy laws. Whatever religion […]
Often, written words cause a major stir. The latest one worth a look is the Parti Québecois’ proposed Charter of Quebec Values. The Quebec government has made a cursory attempt at providing the document in English and in French, but key parts, such as the introduction and the Message from the Ministre responsable des Institutions […]