CNLifestyle, Author at Uncommon Ground Media

How Should We Judge Ayaan Hirsi Ali?

April 14, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

Irrespective of whether you agree or disagree with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, she has lived and experienced a world that her critics, by and large, have not. Read more

Reflections on the Gender Pay Gap

April 8, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

By Beatrice Louis and Scott Douglas Jacobsen #EqualPayDay is over. With it, we find the regular slew of mutual recriminations. While liberals resolved to fight the good fight to decrease the gender pay gap, Conservatives have re-posted and rebooted a number of videos, and articles, intent on destroying what they like to phrase as the ‘pay […] Read more

Hundreds of Civilian Casualties in Bombings…Then What?

April 2, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

If the West, its allies and like-minded countries want a future in which democracy and rule of order is restored, a robust international system must exist Read more

Anti-Islamophobia Motion: Progressive and Helpful? Or Not So Much?

March 29, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 1 Comments

It’s been a couple of days since Canada passed M103, the non-binding motion in Parliament condemning Islamophobia and other forms of systemic racism. On right and left wing outlets alike, the motion has attracted a lot of coverage and opinions, and unleashed protests, counter-protests, demonstrations and online petitions. While liberal commentators have restricted themselves to […] Read more

Airstrikes in the Middle-East: Increasing “Collateral Damage”

March 28, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

Another day, another airstrike and a mounting death toll in the Middle East. Civilians considered acceptable "collateral damage" is worryingly increasing. Read more

Women’s History Month: Why is It Important?

March 22, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

Another look at some of the reasons for and history of Women's History Month. Where, who, and why? Read more

Why Aren’t Feminists Battling Religious fundamentalism?

March 20, 2017 | by CNLifestyle | 9 Comments

Mainstream feminists have a role to play battling religious fundamentalism, but that is going to require a process of profound soul searching. Read more