Tag Archives: Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism as Sacred Idea

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Andrew Stuttaford

An intriguing suggestion from Ed West in The Spectator: I’d go as far as to say it that immigration has become a sacred idea, and that many believe multiculturalism to be a moral good in itself, whatever the end result. … Continue reading →

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‘Religious Freedom’, Dogs and Taxis

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

CBC: A Saskatoon man who is blind and uses a service animal has launched a complaint to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, alleging a local taxi company is not providing service because of his guide dog. Mike Simmonds claims he’s … Continue reading →

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God and Guest Speaker at Yale

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

There’s much more about this over at NRO, but the response of some people at Yale to the invitation extended by the Buckley Program to Ayaan Hirsi Ali is worth noting here too. The Yale Daily News has some of … Continue reading →

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Bacon: “Offensive” Apparently

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

From WPTZ, Vermont: WINOOSKI, Vt. —A sign on a lamp post at the bottom of the Winooski Circle displayed the words “Yield Sneakers Bacon” until Friday morning. The bistro owners took it down. A city program put it in place … Continue reading →

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Gideons, Trumped

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Well, this is a piece of stupidity. The Daily Mail (of course!) has the details (my emphasis added): One of Britain’s biggest hotel chains has removed Bibles from its rooms to avoid upsetting non-Christians. The decision by Travelodge has been … Continue reading →

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Balkanization Watch

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

It’s difficult not to despair sometimes when confronting some of the excesses of the zero tolerance crowd in the nation’s schools: the toddler sent home for pointing in a way that made his fingers look like a gun, and all … Continue reading →

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Multiculturalism will collapse due to its own internal contradictions

Posted on March 10, 2014 by David Hume

Canada is arguably the apotheosis of modern Western multiculturalism (nations like Belgium are not in any sort of honeymoon phase obviously with the idea of inter-cultural amity). This article in The New York Times highlights the fundamental problem at the … Continue reading →

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Melancholy, Long, Withdrawing

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

More on the Maajid Nawaz affair, and specifically, a letter from Britain’s National Secular Society on the next step in Britain’s retreat from the open society: We are writing in response to a package presented by news correspondent Katie Razzall, … Continue reading →

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‘A Modern Bedlam’

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted in the Corner. Writing in the Guardian, Nick Cohen, with more grim news about the state of multiculturalist Britain: Extremists are menacing the career and life of a Liberal Democrat politician and respectable society hardly considers these authentically scandalous … Continue reading →

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The Devil Rides Out

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Could some Satanic kitsch be about to descend upon Oklahoma City? The Daily News reports: A satanic group unveiled designs Monday for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan it wants to put at the Oklahoma state Capitol, where a Ten Commandments … Continue reading →

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