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Book Review: The Upswing (Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn R.Garrett)
An examination of the synchronicity of four major trends in American society over the last 125 years: economic, political, social, and cultural. [...]
Book Review: Three Books by Carlo ROVELLI
In Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Helgoland & The Order of Time, Carlo Rovelli, a top theoretical physicist and co-author of the quantum loop gravity theory, explains Einstein’s general the [...]
In Memoriam Tom Flynn
Tom Flynn, the long-time editor of Free Inquiry, died unexpectedly on August 23, 2021, at the age of 66, a great loss to the world of humanism and freethought. [...]
Did the Canadian Government Build Schools to Murder Children?
The wrongs done at Indian Residential Schools should be acknowledged, but what we’re told by the mainstream media seems intended less to inform than to promote a particular ideology. The gov [...]
Mr. Kafka comes to Washington: The New Woke American Nightmare
A real-life horror story of being a guardian and conservator in Washington, DC, where authorities are progressives and the rules that once would have applied have all been turned upside down [...]
Top Ten Tendentious and Tiresome Terms – Part Deux
Another list of woke words and terms that don’t help communication but obfuscate and promote the aims of a particular ideology – which has no use for free speech and free expression. [...]
Mass Migration – a Formula for Failure
Mass immigration is hyped to Canadians as essential for the economy, but there are downsides that the growth promoters and anti-hate groups don’t want us to discuss. Dale Branscombe thinks i [...]
Has the Time Come for the Government to ENFORCE Equality Measures in Ontario Schools?
In its eagerness to be anti-racist, is the government of Ontario engaging in discrimination? Critical Race Theory, which seems to underlie the government’s efforts, is anything but inclusive [...]
COVID-19 Vaccines Offer Better Immunity Than Previous Infection, Says CDC. REALLY?
Do vaccines really offer better protection against Covid-19 than the immunity arising from previous infection? Should we take the information provided by health agencies at face value, or sh [...]
Just a Little More Time
Workers’ rights have come a long way since the industrial revolution began, but there still is far to go. More time for breaks would boost productivity and reduce injuries, leading to fewer [...]
The Islamic Slave Trade – and Some of Its Prominent Victims
We hear a lot about the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but very little about the Islamic one, which enslaved 20 million black Africans, with another 80 million dying en route. And how many peop [...]
IPCC Climate Report Ignores the Elephant in the Living Room
There is much to-do about anthropogenic climate change, but little attention is given to the ever-rising number of climate changers. Humanity does not seem willing to curb its size or its ap [...]
EDITORIAL: A Prescription for Dealing with the Pandemic: Less Fear, More Reason
The lockdowns and vaccine mandates imposed in response to the pandemic are ineffective and an infringement of our Charter rights, Madeline Weld argues. Instead of censorship of opinions cont [...]
In the News… Erasing the Past to Create that Perfect Future
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has been elected to the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the 2022-2024 term and is also a member of UNESCO. This seems incompatible with the Taliban’s [...]