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On Dogma and Thinking Freedom as a Critical Practice
The moment that wise or edifying teachings arrived at through the crucible of individual thinking experience are set down into doctrine,...
Fred Guerin
Apr 23, 20213 min read
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Some Post-Verdict Thoughts on Defunding Police Forces
It was a good day...a day of righteous vindication, relief after a tense three-week trial, and a moment of much needed closure. Police...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20214 min read
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Why Blow the Whistle?
Back in 1972 Ralph Nader defined whistleblowing as “an act of a man or a woman who, believing in the public interest overrides the...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20212 min read
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
No, I’m not talking about nukes or ballistic missiles. What I’m talking about is yet another American mass shooting, another outcry of...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20212 min read
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The NDP and Genuine EcoSocialism
The April 2021 federal NDP convention has come and gone. There were a number of progressive resolutions put forward and passed—reflecting...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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The Site C Dam: Government Doublethink in Action
“He presented himself with propositions—’the Party says the earth is flat’, ‘the party says that ice is heavier than water’—and trained...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20214 min read
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Commodification and COVID Capitalism
To commodify something, say a work of art or the environment, is to turn it into that which can be bought or sold. The end goal of...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20217 min read
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On the Plague of Neoliberal Capitalism
In war the enemy is the ‘other’ who poses a threat to my life or bodily integrity. The more proximate, the greater the threat. Distance...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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On the Multiplication of Gender Identities
We typically distinguish sex as a function of biology and gender as a social construction. This has the virtue of giving the assignment...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20216 min read
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On Prejudice and Understanding
What is it about so many people that prevents them from acknowledging a shared humanity with others—that disables their capacity for...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20215 min read
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On Masks Anti-Maskers and Narcissism
I am rather used to wearing a mask for short periods of time. I have allergies to dust and mites so I have used an n95 mask when I vacuum...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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Neither Absolute Proof nor Relativism
Recently, I read a magazine article that featured a debate between a person who believed in intelligent design and a ‘new atheist’...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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International Rules and Values Brought to You by Exceptionalist America
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN: "China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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Let's Cancel the Cancel Culture
Insofar as it seeks complete control and modification of the minds of individuals the cancel culture is an expression of tyranny. That...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20216 min read
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If we can Separate Church and State, why not Corporation and State?
One of the cornerstones of democracy is the separation of church and state. In principle, this separation relegates religion to the...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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Capitalism and Work
In a previous post I spoke of the relation between selfishness and the social contract, as this was understood in Hobbes and then...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20214 min read
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Before You Click Ask These Five Questions!
Great Britain’s ‘Royal Society’, often referred to as the ‘invisible college’, is a fellowship of scholars, eminent thinkers and...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20214 min read
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A New World Order is Coming
It has been shown over and over again that the United States much prefers the rule of regressive, backwards religious fanatics and...
Fred Guerin
Apr 22, 20214 min read
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The Culture of Gun Worship in America
Another American mass shooting, another outcry of grief followed by mourning, another convulsion of rage and call to end the sale of...
Fred Guerin
Mar 24, 20212 min read
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A New Civilizational Story
Back in the late 1970’s and 80’s it was often claimed by anthropologists, psychologists, economists, environmental biologists and...
Fred Guerin
Feb 14, 20215 min read
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