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In the News… The Second Coming
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loose [...]
EDITORIAL: A Fragile Tapestry
Constitutions represent the aspirations of a nation, delineating the basic legal principles that ought to guide it. But what happens when a political leader chooses to ignore this estimable [...]
The Cubist Othello
A noted film critic writes about one of Shakespeare’s best known abusers of power. The play, Yacowar argues, is based upon the collision of multiple perspectives, as was the Cubist art movem [...]
Power makes the world go round
“O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.”
― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure [...]
Do Dogs Have Souls?
Originally printed in HP #150: Mike Matthews takes a light-hearted look at an issue that seems to vex some non-humanists. The subject is raised again by one of our letter writers. [...]
The Somalia Affair
An inside look at a dark episode in the history of the Canadian military, and the Canadian government. Power was abused actively by our troops in Somalia, and passively by our government. [...]
Believing Women
We want to believe women who make claims about being abused by more powerful men, but the notion of always doing so is philosophically problematic. [...]
Consequences of Abuse of Power, Limitations on the Usefulness of Law and the Politics of Humiliation
Keeping writes about the limitations on the usefulness of law and the politics of humiliation. [...]
Books Available for Review
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