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...

“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...

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...

A speech delivered to the 2020 REBEL Live conference in Calgary, Alberta on November 26, 2022. Last September, I released a video in which I explained my moral objection to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate being implemented by my employer, Western...

Commentary The decision came as a shock, in spite of it being a near certainty. On Sept. 23, an application challenging Western University’s COVID-19 vaccine booster policy was dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The lawyers for the...