David Rand

David Rand

@www.davidrand.ca

Atheist, universalist, https://www.davidrand.ca/, Author of: — Stillbirth, The Failure of Secularism in the English-Speaking World — Un Simulacre de laïcité, L’échec du sécularisme dans le monde anglophone (L’Harmattan)

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David Rand
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ENSEIGNEMENT TRONQUÉ DE LA LAÏCITÉ Marie-Claude Girard «…l’étude des manuels…est fort décevante : l’enseignement de la laïcité comporte de sérieuses lacunes. » « Comment se fait-il que ces manuels aient choisi de tronquer les principes de la Loi 21 ? » www.lautjournal.info/20241101/ens...

lautjournal.infoEnseignement tronqué de la laïcitéNous avons été nombreux à nous réjouir d’apprendre, à la publication des directives du programme Culture et citoyenneté québécoise , que la « promot…
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WHEN ASTRONOMY MORPHS INTO ASTROLOGY Peter Berkowitz Unlike Alan Sokal, the “scholars that drafted and unanimously approved the ‘Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences’ takes the path of reasoned criticism.” www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

realclearpolitics.comWhen Astronomy Morphs Into Astrology | RealClearPoliticsThe 1996 “Sokal Hoax” attests to the longstanding decline of the humanities, and with them liberal education in America. Some 30 years later, higher education has begun to grapple with humanities...
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JASON ARDAY AND THE DUKES AND DAUPHINS OF DEI “The right question […] is whether the Arday case will at last put a stop to racialized academic appointments? The DEI agenda, as long as it prevails, will ensure a long line of Jason Arday fabulists to come,[…]” spectator.com/article/jaso...

spectator.comJason Arday and the Dukes and Dauphins of DEIThe former Cambridge professor Jason Arday has been accused of inventing much of his backstory. Now his book is set to be released
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Is It Time to ‘Liquidate’ the Study of Sociology? “The enforcement of ideological conformity within sociology is so intense it’s impossible to ignore. Meanwhile, trust in higher education is collapsing… sociology is the belly of the beast.” www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

wsj.comEssay | Is It Time to ‘Liquidate’ the Study of Sociology?Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.
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Arizona clergy who learn of child abuse in confessions aren’t required to report it, court rules (Les membres du clergé en Arizona ne sont pas tenus de signaler des cas de maltraitance d’enfants dévoilés lors de confessions) @aftlpa @lpaaft www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comArizona clergy who learn of child abuse in confessions aren’t required to report it, court rulesState supreme court rules in case of two bishops who were silent about three children abused by Mormon parents
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L’insondable mauvaise foi d’une certaine « gauche » Les idéologies postmodernes, en particulier la théorie du genre et l’islamogauchisme, continuent à faire des dégâts, éloignant la gauche de l’universalisme qu’elle devrait soutenir. blog.davidrand.ca/insondable-m...

blog.davidrand.caL’insondable mauvaise foi d’une certaine « gauche » - David RandLes idéologies postmodernes, en particulier la théorie du genre et l’islamogauchisme, continuent à faire des dégâts chez les militants qui se prétendent de gauche, éloignant celle-ci de l’universalism...
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The Rape Gang Inquiry Report “The Rape Gang Inquiry was necessary because the state and its institutions have failed catastrophically over decades. Police, social services, schools, the NHS, licensing authorities, and governments allowed these gangs to operate with impunity.” bit.ly/4uE5odw

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2026-06-01: The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights voted (7 to 1, one abstention) to add "residential school denialism" to Bill C-9. 2026-06-03: The Senate itself rejected this amendment (32 for, 41 against, 2 abstentions). www.jurist.org/news/2026/06...

jurist.orgCanada Senate rejects proposal to include residential school denialism offense in hate crime billThe Senate of Canada rejected on Wednesday, with a vote of 32-41, its human rights committee's proposed amendment to include a residential school denialism offense in the contentious hate crime bill.....
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TWO DISTINCT TYPES OF CONVERSION THERAPY Sexual orientation & gender identity are very different phenomena. The former can be objectively defined. The latter is a self-perception. Sexual orientation & gender identity conversion therapies must be viewed separately. blog.davidrand.ca/two-distinct...

blog.davidrand.caTwo Distinct Types of Conversion Therapy - David RandDespite often being lumped together, sexual orientation and gender identity are very different phenomena. The former can be objectively defined, but the latter is a self-perception and cannot. Thus, s...
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When “Genocide” Loses Its Meaning by David E. Bernstein “If the term is applied whenever urban combat yields tragic results, it will lose its capacity to distinguish the phenomenon it was created to describe.” www.skeptic.com/article/when...

skeptic.comWhen “Genocide” Loses Its MeaningIs “genocide” becoming a political weapon rather than a precise legal term? Law professor David Bernstein traces how the word lost its meaning in the Gaza conflict, examining the ICJ standard, histori...