Philosophy is like math to me: there’s always a correct and consistent answer to every problem. If 2+2 equals 4, then 4+4 equals 8. Different variables and different problems do not change my methods for achieving the correct answer. If 2+2 equals 4 today, then it equals 4 all the time. What’s right or wrong…
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We have a tendency of making our preferences the mark of godliness. We too often perceive ourselves as the fourth member of the Trinity. We make our convictions synonymous with God’s commandments. We refuse to accept that alternatives to our preferences might not be evil. Especially when our favourite people agree with us—especially when our…
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If there was a nation in the world with only billionaires and millionaires, would you consider the least rich person in that nation poor? If the least rich person in that nation owned the smallest mansion, the least expensive sports cars, the least expensive personal chefs and housemaids in the nation, would they be poor?…
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One of my Republican friends in America refused to vote for Trump in 2016. And she’ll probably refuse to vote the way many Republicans will in 2020 too. She couldn’t vote for Trump. She couldn’t vote for a man who routinely disrespects and insults his rivals. She couldn’t write Donald Trump’s name on her ballot—she…
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The Blackface pictures isn’t Justin Trudeau’s biggest scandal. The SNC-Lavalin corruption story isn’t Justin Trudeau’s biggest scandal. Justin Trudeau’s commitment to violating human rights against vulnerable babies in Canada and across the entire world is his biggest scandal. But maybe that says more about us than Justin Trudeau. Justin Trudeau is the face of Canada,…
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Black Lives Matter Toronto called Justin Trudeau a “White supremacist terrorist” two years ago. The social justice group made the accusation against Trudeau because his immigration policies are more restrictive than they hoped for. At the time, Black Lives Matter Toronto had a favourable reputation in the media, but their accusation against Justin Trudeau received…
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A nation that strips my neighbours’ liberty to sin will strip my liberty to call my neighbour into repentance. Liberty isn’t liberty unless it affirms my right to offend my neighbour and my neighbour’s right to offend me. The government shouldn’t infringe on my neighbours’ pursuit of happiness, and it shouldn’t infringe on my liberty…
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I know what it looks like when people are burned alive. I know what it smells like when people are burned alive. I know what it sounds like when people are burned alive. I’ve known that since I was eight years old. I was sitting inside a bus taking me home from school. The bus…
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If racial reconciliation could be legislated by laws, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation would have reconciled Americans in the 19th century. If racial reconciliation could be achieved by social justice, Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream would have become a reality in the 20th century. If racial reconciliation could be resolved by politics, Barack Obama would have…
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Donald Trump is the most powerful man in the world and he doesn’t seem to know it. He is worth 3.5 billion dollars. He recently upgraded from the Trump Tower to the White House. He travels the world on Air Force One. He leads the executive branch of the most influential nation in the world….
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