Barbara Kayhttps://themetropolitain.ca/articles/author/50frahttps://themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/855https://themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/855 “A bad statistic,” says sociologist Joel Best, “is harder to kill than a vampire.” Bad statistics come from bad intellectual faith. And in no field does bad intellectual faith run more rampant than that of domestic violence.In an up-to-date example of the phenomenon, we find the “World Soccer Abuse Nightmare” out of England, in which the British Home Office carelessly endorsed a bogus study put forward by England’s Association of Chief Police Officers, purporting to find that a full 30 per cent increase in domestic violence (DV) during the World Cup. A subsequent investigation by reliable scholars found the so-called study to be riddled with errors and corrupt methodology.   Barbara KayThu, 22 Jul 2010 14:30:00 -0400https://themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/814https://themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/814Quebec is the most militantly secular of all Canada’s provinces. Its intellectuals and cultural elites are resolutely committed to the ideal of a lay society. References to the Church in the media positively bristle with thinly-sheathed scorn. Yet the Quebec government is inconsistent when it comes to religious instruction in publicly funded institutions. Barbara KayFri, 23 Apr 2010 17:00:00 -0400https://themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/169https://themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/169In its earliest and most benign form —the political campaign to achieve equality under the law and equality in economic opportunities— feminism was a necessary and welcome reform movement. No rational person could be less than delighted to see barriers to a full range of educational and career options for women fall by the wayside...Barbara KayThu, 01 May 2008 02:45:00 -0400