In my latest piece for the Rebel I explain why it's a good thing that the British prefer to say " trick or treat” instead of chanting “Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder treason and plot”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjTlSP5524Y
In my latest National Post column, I discuss the reactions to last week's visit to the US by the pontiff.
Are social conservatives treated like lepers in Canadian public debate? They should be so lucky, says my latest National Post column.
My new podcast "Reality University" is now available. It offers a weekly look at the big questions that affect our common life and the key ideas (and books) that help us understand the world around us.
Please drop by and audit a few classes and consider signing up. Because as Philip K. Dick once said, "Reality is that which when you stop believing in it, it doesn't go away."
In my latest National Post column I criticize the notion that we can find the answers to moral questions in a math textbook.
My latest National Post column reminds people that freedom can't just mean the right to do what you're told, even by the majority.
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.