In my latest Rebel video I talk about the invention and first use of the electric chair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=41&v=JNgnS1EsVwI
Ottawa is a strange place. But the trial of Mike Duffy is weird even by its standards, as I explain in C2C Journal in the only format that seemed suitable to the occasion.
In my latest National Post column I argue that people who believe in “evidence-based decision making” shouldn’t believe gun control would reduce the murder rate in the US or anywhere else.
Episode two of my "Reality University" podcast is now available, on Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions and the deep intellectual roots of political disagreements. I'm pleased to say Reality U has hit the "New and Noteworthy" section of the iTunes store. So please tune in, turn on and drop in.
My latest Policy Options post asks what we are supposed to do if the Court gets it wrong. Answer: Nothing. And that's not a good response.
In my latest National Post column I criticize the notion that we can find the answers to moral questions in a math textbook.
Free speech is a difficult concept. First the French rally for it before arresting people with obnoxious opinions. Then the Pope threatens to punch you for cussing his mother, which he compares to mocking faith. Clearly we need to go over it again. Click here to read the rest.
Following the Islamist terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine, people are standing in solidarity with the right of satirists to mock Islam, Mohammed and anything else they want. In France and elsewhere. #JesuisCharlie is trending and I’m glad. Now show the cartoons. Click here to read the rest.