Humanism and Religion
PART ONE I Humanism seeks truth from evidence and rational analysis. It engages in calm and open discussions that display a desire to understand various points of view. There is, however, no acceptance of divinity,…
wokism
Board member Widdowson handles hostile CBC reporter on mass grave hoax
On the way to Quesnel, B.C., to discuss the fallout from the book Grave Error, Frances Widdowson faced a hostile interviewer who, among other implied accusations, explored the notion that the NEP board member was…
The Widdowson Case: Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Institutional Censorship in Canadian Universities
Does the dismissal of Dr. Frances Widdowson from Mount Royal University signal a threat to academic freedom in Canada’s post-secondary institutions? Academic freedom includes… Freedom to express one’s opinion about the institution, its administration, and…
From Lawyers to School Children: Deconstructing the Mass Grave Narrative
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson In February, 2025 a British Columbia lawyer took the unprecedented action of suing his professional association for libel. BC Law Society training materials for all lawyers in the province claimed that the…
Woke ironies: achieving the opposite of its stated goals
In this article originally published in the British journal, Humanistically Speaking, the Edan Tasca of the Centre for Inquiry Canada and I examine the phenomenon of Wokism, which can be understood as a secular religion…
DEI must DIE
Paul Nathanson Submitted: 24 January 2024 Last night, I watched Nazi Town, U.S.A,[1] a documentary on the rise of American Nazi movements during the 1930s, notably the German-American Bund of Fritz Kuhn and the America…
Statement of Bill Akman on Harvard, Claudine Gay and DEI, January 3, 2024
In light of today’s news, I thought I would try to take a step back and provide perspective on what this is really all about. I first became concerned about @Harvard when 34 Harvard student…
Reflections on the death of Richard Bilkszto
I think there is much humanists can learn from the death of Richard Bilkszto. My tribute to him was published in this month’s issue of Humanistically Speaking, a humanist magazine published in the United Kingdom…
Interviewed: Carey Linde, lawyer and activist.
Carey Linde, former 60s radical, was the first lawyer in Canada to live and practice on reserve, the first to introduce the concept of shared parenting between divorced parents in family law, and the first…
Sixty Years an Activist: A socialist lawyer who still values science, reason and compassion
Carey Linde has been a practicing lawyer and a socialist activist for more than 50 years. The Vancouver, B.C. lawyer pioneered the concept of shared parenting between divorced parents in Canada and, more recently, has…