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Book Review: Miss Bo Lyell’s Rambles In The New World by M. K. SINGLETON
This is a fictional story of two ladies, Boadeccia (Bo) from Warwickshire and Danica from Leicestershire, young cousins from the old, influential and rich Lyell family. In 1869, they sailed [...]
Let’s Congratulate Quebec for Bill 21
Many folks in English Canada are wrong in their criticism of Quebec’s Bill 21, the law which promotes secularism. This progressive bill should be celebrated, not condemned. [...]
Monstrous Egotists, Monstrous Lies
When Hitler spoke of “the big lie” many people thought that it was a dubious idea – attractive, for some reason, only in Germany. Donald Trump has proven that it was not such a dubious ide [...]
Interview with Gregory Biniowsky
“The Left needs to re-root itself in humanism.” This was the conclusion of Gregory Biniowsky, a life-long Leftist after he returned from a 30 year sojourn in Cuba. While there, he had been a [...]
Humanist Perspectives Short Submission Contest 222
We invite you to share your humanist views with us in a paragraph or two (MAX 1000 chars) on one of the following subjects reflected by these 3 images. [...]
Poetry and the End of the World
We do not usually think of poetry and the apocalypse at the same time, but Ben D'Andrea’s article in the last issue of HP, in which he cites some poems about the end of time, got Gwyneth thi [...]
Dubious to one, truth to another
How can some individuals and groups perversely deny what seems to many of us an obvious truth? Many factors apart from reason, including personality, experience, teaching and social pressur [...]
Dancing With Jim Crow
For many decades, the ideals, promises and opportunities of American society were not available to Black citizens, especially in the Southern states. The lengthy struggle for equal rights a [...]
“EVERYONE’S CRAZY EXCEPT FOR THEE AND ME, AND I’M NOT SURE OF THEE”
In being critical of the bizarre beliefs of others, we must be careful to examine our own beliefs, some of which may be just as crazy. [...]
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. [...]
Voice of a Humanist: Was Queen Elizabeth II a Humanist?
The queen was a kind and caring person who never shared negative opinions in public. She exemplified many humanist values and principles with her deeds, actions and decisions. However, given [...]
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