by tfindlay | May 21, 2022
My daughter-in-law, Rita, is of Polish decent and she is a member of the Polish community here in Victoria. Recently she organized a benefit for the Ukraine held in Victoria’s Polish hall. In cooperation with Victoria’s Ukrainian community she put together a very...
by tfindlay | Feb 27, 2022
“The Face of War” by Ukrainian artist Dariya Marchenko. Made with 5,000 bullet casings. In a recent opinion piece in the The Guardian titled “What’s going on inside Putin’s mind? His own words give us a disturbing clue” by Michel Eltchaninoff, the...
by tfindlay | Feb 20, 2022
Recently, here in Canada, our nation’s capital, Ottawa, was the scene of a lengthy blockade by a group of truckers calling themselves the Freedom Convoy. The truckers and their trucks occupied an area near the capital’s legislative buildings for over three weeks,...
by tfindlay | Jul 14, 2021
Immediately after England lost the Euro Cup Final to Italy Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms exploded with reactions. Unfortunately some comments included racial slurs directed and the three black players who had failed to score on their...
by tfindlay | Jul 13, 2021
I am a member of the Religious Naturalist Association. Several months ago a committee was formed with the intention of finding ways to increase awareness of RNA. One of the members of this committee was Carol Wayne White. Carol is Presidential Professor of Philosophy...
by tfindlay | Jul 1, 2021
This past Tuesday evening philosopher Owen Flanagan gave a presentation at a conference being held to discuss the relationship between naturalism and religion. Flanagan’s talk centred around the question of how much can a traditional religion or philosophy give up and...
