by Julie Ponesse | Apr 12, 2023 | Articles
Julie Ponesse reviews Michael Bonner’s In Defence of Civilization. “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” So questions The Lord of the Flies’ “Piggy,” the philosopher, the one who keeps the signal fire going, the one who remains, even to the dismal end, a...
by Julie Ponesse | Mar 13, 2023 | Articles
“I am Kelly-Sue Oberle. I live at [address]. I belong to someone, and I matter.” These are the words on the slip of paper that Kelly-Sue Oberle places under her pillow every night. The note isn’t an affirmation. It isn’t a self-help exercise. It is a link to her...
by Julie Ponesse | Feb 23, 2023 | Articles
Speech given at the Refound Education event, Toronto, Canada, January 2023 Isuspect many of you know my story. But, for those who don’t, the short version is that I taught philosophy — ethics and ancient philosophy, in particular — at Western University in Canada...
