Category: Living on the Hill

Interview – ​Pat O’Brien on Humanism in Canada and British Columbia

October 13, 2016 | by | 0 Comments
Pat O’Brien is a Canadian atheist, an activist, and ex-president of Humanist Canada and the British Columbia Humanist Association. The interview was conducted by Scott Jacobsen, of In-Sight Publishing. The interview has been edited for clarity and readability. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: In terms of geography, culture, and language, where does your family background reside O’Brien: Vancouver B.C. […] Read more

The Vilification of Ex-Muslims and Islamic Reformers

October 12, 2016 | by | 5 Comments
Those fighting for Islamic reform are some of the bravest, courageous and most important people alive today. We owe them our support. When Martin Luther sent his Ninety-Five Thesis to the Archbishop of Mainz, a document which attacked the cynical selling of indulgences by priests to faithful church-goers, on October 31st 1517, he likely had […] Read more

We Should be Worried about ​Theresa May’s Conference Speech

October 10, 2016 | by | 0 Comments
Almost everything in Theresa May’s conference speech deserves condemnation. It was a populist pitch to xenophobia and a call to ignore economic reality and charge headlong into the disaster that will be Hard Brexit. The Prime Minister has turned the Conservative Party into a slicker, less comedic, and much more dangerous UKIP. Alongside the frightening […] Read more

Bloggers in Bangladesh Are Being Attacked, Imprisoned or Executed

October 8, 2016 | by | 0 Comments
For a country founded after an 8-month war, which led to the death about 3 million people, one would expect that the Bangladeshi people would learn from their mistakes. That is, they would eventually change their stance on internal disputes. However, the reality is different. Political and religious violence in the country continued to the […] Read more

An Interview with Dr. Stephen Law

October 1, 2016 | by | 0 Comments
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you become an activist and a philosopher? I have always been very interested in philosophical questions – such as: How can I know other people have minds? Why is there something rather than nothing? What makes things morally right or wrong? However, I was unaware that there was actually a […] Read more

Interview with Professor Anthony Grayling -​ Philosopher and Master, New College of the Humanities

September 29, 2016 | by | 0 Comments
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you become an activist and a philosopher? I became interested in philosophy at an early age, while living in central Africa, where there was much racism and oppression of the local people by the white colonials, and the conjunction of the two made me interested in ideas and in human rights. Was university […] Read more