Monthly Archives: December 2014

Canon Law and the Alberta Bishops

by | December 24, 2014

In an article in the Calgary Herald, Dr. Kristopher Wells says, The research is clear: Gay-Straight Alliances can be a lifeline for many students at-risk for depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and suicide. Currently, GSAs exist in over 90 public schools across Alberta. However, not a single GSA exists in a Catholic school. The reason… Read more »

#dalhousielackscommunication

by | December 22, 2014

#dalhousielackscommunication is the hashtag Jesse Ward, Editor-in-chief of DalGazette.com, suggests in place of the #dalhousiehateswomen hashtag because you will find dispute over whether people using the hashtag (#dalhousiehateswomen) truly believe Dalhousie administration hates women or if these words are meant to be symbolic. However, even the hashtag #dalhousielackscommunication is problematic. Athough Dalhousie University President Richard… Read more »

This is not an unbelievers’ world – 2014 edition

by | December 22, 2014

Last year, when I was writing about the 2013 Freedom of Thought report, my plan was to do a thorough analysis of the data in the report. That didn’t happen, mostly because Canadian Atheist was shut down by hackers at the time. It got better, but for various reasons I never did get around to… Read more »

Twenty Fifteen

by | December 20, 2014

George Orwell’s dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, was published in 1949; the year 1984 has come and gone, but the culturally literate recognize references to words and phrases from the novel: Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, and Newspeak. Although there is no expectation that this post will be as popular as Nineteen Eighty-Four or will coin as… Read more »