“Soft power can be more damaging and can weaken a nation and a people even more than bullets or bombs,” says Asra Nomani. In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek sat down with Asra Nomani, Muslim reformer and now advocate of parental rights, to discuss liberal values, the line between free…

“It’s a tremendous danger when we have people who run institutions and who have jobs for life in the academies, they’re completely convinced they found the truth, they publish in their own journals, they teach those ‘truths’ to their students, and then they’ve indoctrinated generations of students.” Peter Boghossian is a former professor of philosophy…

“It’s a tremendous danger when we have people who run institutions and who have jobs for life in the academies, they’re completely convinced they found the truth, they publish in their own journals, they teach those ‘truths’ to their students, and then they’ve indoctrinated generations of students.” Peter Boghossian is a former professor of philosophy…

“It’s a tremendous danger when we have people who run institutions and who have jobs for life in the academies, they’re completely convinced they found the truth, they publish in their own journals, they teach those ‘truths’ to their students, and then they’ve indoctrinated generations of students.” Peter Boghossian is a former professor of philosophy…

“It’s a tremendous danger when we have people who run institutions and who have jobs for life in the academies, they’re completely convinced they found the truth, they publish in their own journals, they teach those ‘truths’ to their students, and then they’ve indoctrinated generations of students.” Peter Boghossian is a former professor of philosophy…

Commentary Liberal elites delight in showing tolerance for things their neighbours cannot stand. Liberalism demands embrace where many people, by nature, might recoil. However, even committed classical liberals and libertarians find some things beyond the pale, but they have lost the language to say why. Consider three examples. The Halton District School Board ruled recently…

Commentary Peter Seeger poignantly asked, “Where have all the flowers gone?” I ask, instead, where have all the liberals gone? Have you noticed? There are no longer any of them out there. They’ve been replaced by “progressives” (actually, regressives, but that’s another matter). You can also seek, but in vain, any affirmative action programs. All…

Commentary Several months ago, a professional acquaintance of mine died after a long and happy married life, a distinguished academic career with many books written and essays/reviews published in top periodicals, and a liberal philosophy nicely intact in this age of confusion. I’d met him 20 years before at an academic conference in a faraway…

If you’re a member of Generation X as I am, you remember a world where “The Dukes of Hazzard” was good, wholesome family entertainment. Everyone loved the General Lee (orange 1969 Dodge Charger), and no one cared about the flag on the roof. You remember watching “Looney Tunes” on Saturday morning and laughing at Pepé…