Why LBG and TQA are Parting Ways
This is an extremely well argued and written trilogy of articles on a very controversial topic. Is it a mark of bigotry to suggest that there are any differences between Women born as girls and…
The New Puritans
from The Atlantic magazine Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be swift—and merciless. By Anne Applebaum…
The Cancel Culture of Wokism Compared to the Medieval Practice of Torture
As a psychologist, I am intrigued by attempts to get into the minds of those with a totalitarian worldview. This essay gets at the similarities between the psychology of torture and the psychology of cancel…
Censored by the American Humanist Association (AHA)
On August 11th, a list of ten questions was posted by Roy Speckardt (Executive Director AHA) on the American Humanist Association blog. « Signs You’re Being Co-Opted by the Far Right » On the 13th…
(Academic) Freedom, I write your name (*)
An important independent Scientific and Technical Commission on the Recognition of Academic Freedom in the University Environment is currently underway (Quebec Ministry of Education). Its report is expected this fall. Freedom of expression is a…
The Medicine Wheel and Humanism
Flowing from the Enlightenment humanism recognizes human agency in the development of knowledge about reality. Such knowledge is separate from that which is said to be divinely given and takes into account subjectivities. In this…
Defending science from within
In this article a chemist defends science from “political correctness” and “cancel culture” from people claiming to be in favour of social justice. She draws parallels between her history of becoming a scientist in the…
Petition against racial discrimination
Here is a petition started by the father of a boy who was refused summer classes by the Ontario Ministry of Education because of his race: http://chng.it/7swDWgQmdn
A Boomer former cult member on Wokism
If you have the time, I think you will enjoy this Boyce interview of Victoria lawyer Jim Heller. Heller was an original member of the Maharaj Ji cult. He became a lawyer in the process…
Afghanistan as a lesson on Wokism
In 2001 the United States toppled a brutal Medieval Islamist government in Afghanistan vowing to replace it with a modern democratic state that respected human rights. Continuing a policy of reconciliation with the ousted Taliban…