Author: Gary Bauslaugh
Gary Bauslaugh is co-editor of Humanist Perspectives and author of many papers and books, including Robert Latimer, a story of justice and mercy (James Lorimer and co., Toronto, 2010).
EDITORIAL: THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY
Simply put, elections encourage and reward lying. We have a system that does select out not the best people but, in some cases at least, the worst – the most effective liars. We do not want [...]
Happy Girl: The Latimer Dialogues 5
After seven years in prison Robert Latimer is eligible for day parole, and he faces a politically-appointed Parole Board that will determine if he will be allowed to leave prison and stay, f [...]
Happy Girl: The Latimer Dialogues 4
The summations following are addressed to the jury – the audience. The lights come on the audience to denote their presence. Light comes on Brayford. Both Brayford and Neufeld read from note [...]
EDITORIAL: INTO THE DARKNESS
Does Institutionalized lying desensitise us to the rampant dishonesty that characterizes our political world today?? [...]
Happy Girl: The Latimer Dialogues 3
As Latimer’s trial proceeds, his wife, Laura, takes the stand.. The Prosecutor’s questioning of Laura seems, to some, insensitive and cruel [...]
Happy Girl: The Latimer Dialogues 2
The second part (of 5) of the verbatim rendering of the trials of Robert Latimer is presented here. Covered here is dramatic testimony from medical witnesses and others. [...]
EDITORIAL: Ecohumanism: Let Us Pray?
How should we react to an existential crisis? The first reaction of many religious people is to pray, an action that is unhelpful at best and dysfunctions at worst. Our ecological crisis req [...]
Happy Girl: The Latimer Dialogues
The arrest, trial and imprisonment of Robert Latimer for ending the life of his ailing 12-year-old daughter Tracy, in 1993, has been a case of enduring concern to the Canadian public. Did ou [...]
EDITORIAL: More Dubious Ideas
For the second issue in a row we are examining the odd persistence of questionable ideas. Why? I guess because there are so many of them. [...]
Super-Concise Bios
Recently I asked, as I do, for short bios from our writers, except in one case I mistakenly said “2 to 3 words” instead of my usual “2 to 3 sentences.” [...]
EDITORIAL: The Strange Persistence of Dubious Ideas
The best estimate is that something close to 200,000 needless deaths have occurred as a result of what is politely called “vaccine hesitancy,” while, as one study shows, an unvaccinated adul [...]
A Few Quotes on FREEDOM
Freedom, generally, is having the ability to act or change without constraint. Something is "free" if it can change easily and is not constrained in its present state. ~Wikipedia, June 2021 [...]
Editorial: When Principles are in Conflict
Simply “acting on principle” is not good enough. Simply demanding “freedom” is not good enough. It is not even good. [...]
In the News…
Social distancing, masks, vaccines, control of the pandemic, saving lives – these are all for chumps. The important thing is my personal freedom from government interference in my life. Next [...]