John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 min readETHICSGay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public TrustThe word out of Alberta about Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) hasn’t been good of late. According to the Calgary Herald, the Alberta...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 min readETHICSBody-Shaming? Or Education-Honouring?It’s back-to-school time and, for many Canadian pupils, it’s back to the demands of school dress codes. Not just in private schools, but...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 min readEDUCATIONDifferent Schools for Different Folks—or Not? Reflections on Trinity Western’s Law SchoolNo political issue in Canadian history has been more important, contentious, and complex than schooling, and particularly the question of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 min readETHICSWhy Dig in? Clues to the Liberals’ Stubbornness over the Summer Jobs ProgramThere’s a lot not to like about the Summer Jobs Program fiasco. The Liberal government’s insistence that employers conform with its...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 min readETHICSFace Coverings in Public? Civil Rights Aren’t EnoughA few times now I have criticized the public regulation of face coverings such as has been imposed this week by the Quebec government:...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 min readETHICSI Don’t Like Niqabs and Burqas — but They Should Be LegalJust as Quebec has outlawed the public wearing of face coverings, those laid-back, liberal-libertine Scandinavians have found a similar...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 min readETHICSThe Purveyor of Pleasure Brought Nothing but PainThe Washington Post’s Theresa Vargas reminds us of the murder of Playmate Dorothy Stratten as “the dark side of Playboy.” And it is a...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readETHICSWhy Can’t Colin Kaepernick Get Hired? Taylor Swift Provides an AnswerJohn Feinstein of The Washington Post is wondering aloud about NFL owners who are willing to hire criminals—notably DUI offenders and...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 min readETHICSPolygamy: Forbidden Once Again—but for How Much Longer?My friend and “Context” colleague Lorna Dueck recently set out an eloquent case against the legalization of polygamy in Canada on the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 min readETHICSMike Pence and the Liberal Moral PoliceAmerican Vice-President Mike Pence set commentators across the cultural spectrum all a-twitter this past week as it emerged that he had...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readGENDERBathrooms, Identity, Rights, and Wisdom: Helping All Students in the Light of Trans* IssuesTwo years ago, the Vancouver School Board (VSB) was asked to accommodate students with varying sexual identities. More and more...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readCIVILITYOn Trusting God Rather than Freaking OutI’ve been enjoying teaching the basic concepts of my book Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World to students gathered...