For the last few months university students in Quebec have been “on strike” from classes because of the government’s intention to raise tuition by $325 a year over five years for a grand total of an additional $1625. It is an interesting turn of a phrase. Calling this a strike is about as ridiculous as calling […]
liberal arts
The Pornographic Harry Potter? On the near impossibility of reasoning with Christian fundamentalists
When I was in Rio last month I found myself in the back of a cab on my way to the conference at which I was to speak. Unfortunately, when we arrived I discovered that the cabbie didn’t accept credit cards and I had no Brazilian money. To complicate matters further, the poor fellow spoke no […]
