Some Thoughts On Suffrage: Why Christians Should Vote
The province of Ontario has an upcoming election, and so I’ve been thinking about voting and related matters. Here are some more general thoughts I’ve had about the argument that Christians should not...
View ArticleCyberpunk Futures
I’ve recently become more interested in the fictional genre of cyberpunk, and its vision of the future. It’s rather dystopian predictions of a world where technology is incredibly advanced, but society...
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A Treasure Of Christendom: The Magna Carta
Earlier we have discussed the theme of Christendom on this blog. Today I read, probably for the first time, the Magna Carta, and I thought as a landmark of the heritage of Christendom, it might be...
View ArticleSecularism And Religious Liberty
David Koyzis has linked to an NR article on Obama and religious liberty, and at one point the author, Levin, writes: But it’s not quite that simple. This incident (and especially the nature of the...
View ArticleEmotion And Postmodernity
While I question his reliability on some matters (he gives a predictably and groan-inducingly biased description of the premodern and modern era, coming from an Objectivist perspective), Stephen Hicks’...
View ArticleMotion 312 and My Local MP
The late Christopher Hitchens once wrote, “…Anyone who has ever seen a sonogram or has spent even an hour with a textbook on embryology knows that the emotions are not the deciding factor [in...
View ArticleQuotes Against Abortion
Canada does not have a law on the books regulating abortion, we are utterly unlike any other country in the Western world in this regard. And this to our shame. This week has seen a debate in the...
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Occupy Handbook 1
Whilst browsing my local Chapters-Indigo, trying to find a half-decent use for a recent well-appreciated gift-card, this jumped out at me: I couldn’t resist. One of the features that attracted me to it...
View ArticleGuns, Prudence, and Deterrence
A couple of my favourite blogs have addressed the gun control issue as of late. My friend Brad Littlejohn wrote today about how this issue relates to basic principles of jurisprudence, and deftly...
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Recent Books
I have just come through quite a busy season with conference speaking, dissertation chapter submission, and a full course taught overseas, so my silence on the blog hopefully has some justification!...
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