Michael DeMoor
@michaeldemoor.bsky.social
Political theorist and Dean at the King's University in Edmonton. Pluralism, democracy, history of political thought, but don’t expect much.
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Michael DeMoor
@michaeldemoor.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hi new followers.
I’m a political philosopher posing as a political theorist, teaching in a Politics, History, and Economics program (think PPE, but with an added H) at a small but lovely Christian liberal arts university in Edmonton, Alberta.
A bit about my interests and research in replies.
I’m a political philosopher posing as a political theorist, teaching in a Politics, History, and Economics program (think PPE, but with an added H) at a small but lovely Christian liberal arts university in Edmonton, Alberta.
A bit about my interests and research in replies.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Some jokes derive their success from the gratification one feels with oneself for getting it.
That’s why this got a chuckle from me. That’s why I’m sharing it.
That’s why this got a chuckle from me. That’s why I’m sharing it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Some jokes derive their success from the gratification one feels with oneself for getting it.
That’s why this got a chuckle from me. That’s why I’m sharing it.
That’s why this got a chuckle from me. That’s why I’m sharing it.
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My university is hiring for a tenure-track position in Kinesiology, which teaching responsibilities on the "social science" side of Kins. Courses would include Psyc of Sport and Exercise, Growth and Development, Socio-cultural aspects of Sport, etc.
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
www.kingsu.ca
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My university is hiring for a tenure-track position in Kinesiology, which teaching responsibilities on the "social science" side of Kins. Courses would include Psyc of Sport and Exercise, Growth and Development, Socio-cultural aspects of Sport, etc.
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
My oldest is out clubbing for the first time. Glad they’re checking in.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My oldest is out clubbing for the first time. Glad they’re checking in.
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I love banter more than almost anyone around me. It makes for a certain amount of awkwardness.
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I love banter more than almost anyone around me. It makes for a certain amount of awkwardness.
In my dreams I am a Georgist.
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In my dreams I am a Georgist.
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Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
Opinion: Edmonton doesn't have to be the frostbite capital of the world
Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable - together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.
edmontonjournal.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
“It must be stated that our Justice now moves to a lowered content of equal liberty. The chief cause of this is that our justice is being played out in within a destiny more comprehensive than itself. A quick name for this is ‘technology’… But clearly that destiny has its own dynamic conveniences…
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“It must be stated that our Justice now moves to a lowered content of equal liberty. The chief cause of this is that our justice is being played out in within a destiny more comprehensive than itself. A quick name for this is ‘technology’… But clearly that destiny has its own dynamic conveniences…
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Guelph philosophy grad student association conference, Philosophy of Achievement. Abstracts and papers due January 9th.
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Guelph philosophy grad student association conference, Philosophy of Achievement. Abstracts and papers due January 9th.
My students had a good laugh today when I revealed to them that Al Farabi says that political science is the part of philosophy that concerns ultimate happiness.
Their amusement made me a little sad, but I chuckled along because I’m not completely broken.
Their amusement made me a little sad, but I chuckled along because I’m not completely broken.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My students had a good laugh today when I revealed to them that Al Farabi says that political science is the part of philosophy that concerns ultimate happiness.
Their amusement made me a little sad, but I chuckled along because I’m not completely broken.
Their amusement made me a little sad, but I chuckled along because I’m not completely broken.
I wrote this a year ago today. If these are the birth pangs of a new creation, it's a long, painful labour.
www.christiancourier.ca/has-god-been...
www.christiancourier.ca/has-god-been...
Has God been merciful? | Christian Courier
“He has shown strength with his arm;/ he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts./ He has brought down the powerful from their thrones/ and lifted up the lowly./ He has filled the hung...
www.christiancourier.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I wrote this a year ago today. If these are the birth pangs of a new creation, it's a long, painful labour.
www.christiancourier.ca/has-god-been...
www.christiancourier.ca/has-god-been...
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There is a meaning to the fact that Dreher cites here and it's this: religious pluralism is great! Qualified people can become leaders in our society without having to abandon or dissemble about their religious faith! Score one for pluralistic liberalism over laïcité or ethno-religious nationalism!
Rod Dreher is a racist.
He’s not an intellectual or thought leader or whatever BS.
He’s a gutter racist authoritarian, and there’s nothing else to him.
He’s not an intellectual or thought leader or whatever BS.
He’s a gutter racist authoritarian, and there’s nothing else to him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There is a meaning to the fact that Dreher cites here and it's this: religious pluralism is great! Qualified people can become leaders in our society without having to abandon or dissemble about their religious faith! Score one for pluralistic liberalism over laïcité or ethno-religious nationalism!
Noah's right. The problem with punditry is that the correct take is rarely "hot" enough to make for an interesting column. Here's my non-hot takes about Tuesday:
1) Mamdami is charming and dynamic and a breath of fresh air and that was compelling to voters
2) Lots of voters are mad about Trump.
1) Mamdami is charming and dynamic and a breath of fresh air and that was compelling to voters
2) Lots of voters are mad about Trump.
this is the factional argument for Tuesday...which, idk. it's hard to sustain when not just Spanberger but Sherrill won commanding victories.
like, this wasn't an anti D establishment night, really. 1
like, this wasn't an anti D establishment night, really. 1
"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Noah's right. The problem with punditry is that the correct take is rarely "hot" enough to make for an interesting column. Here's my non-hot takes about Tuesday:
1) Mamdami is charming and dynamic and a breath of fresh air and that was compelling to voters
2) Lots of voters are mad about Trump.
1) Mamdami is charming and dynamic and a breath of fresh air and that was compelling to voters
2) Lots of voters are mad about Trump.
There is a meaning to the fact that Dreher cites here and it's this: religious pluralism is great! Qualified people can become leaders in our society without having to abandon or dissemble about their religious faith! Score one for pluralistic liberalism over laïcité or ethno-religious nationalism!
Rod Dreher is a racist.
He’s not an intellectual or thought leader or whatever BS.
He’s a gutter racist authoritarian, and there’s nothing else to him.
He’s not an intellectual or thought leader or whatever BS.
He’s a gutter racist authoritarian, and there’s nothing else to him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There is a meaning to the fact that Dreher cites here and it's this: religious pluralism is great! Qualified people can become leaders in our society without having to abandon or dissemble about their religious faith! Score one for pluralistic liberalism over laïcité or ethno-religious nationalism!
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Americans on BlueSky were so supportive of the BlueJays BlueSky posting, so I am so happy to see their hopeful political posts tonight.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Americans on BlueSky were so supportive of the BlueJays BlueSky posting, so I am so happy to see their hopeful political posts tonight.
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I think I confused it. Or maybe I’m confused.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I think I confused it. Or maybe I’m confused.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
Or maybe I’m just not an Anglican .
Also… not a Laudian. Forget that guy.
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Here is a copy of the interview on Cape Talk on Donald Trump's threat to send the military into Nigeria, supposedly to protect Christians.
I would be grateful for your thoughts and feedback:
youtu.be/qywlFDXf_p0?...
I would be grateful for your thoughts and feedback:
youtu.be/qywlFDXf_p0?...
Trump’s Christian crusade in Nigeria
YouTube video by CapeTalk
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November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here is a copy of the interview on Cape Talk on Donald Trump's threat to send the military into Nigeria, supposedly to protect Christians.
I would be grateful for your thoughts and feedback:
youtu.be/qywlFDXf_p0?...
I would be grateful for your thoughts and feedback:
youtu.be/qywlFDXf_p0?...
My university is hiring for a tenure-track position in Kinesiology, which teaching responsibilities on the "social science" side of Kins. Courses would include Psyc of Sport and Exercise, Growth and Development, Socio-cultural aspects of Sport, etc.
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
www.kingsu.ca
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My university is hiring for a tenure-track position in Kinesiology, which teaching responsibilities on the "social science" side of Kins. Courses would include Psyc of Sport and Exercise, Growth and Development, Socio-cultural aspects of Sport, etc.
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
www.kingsu.ca/public/downl...
I come up with titles for books I shall never write:
“Freedom is doing the good because it is good: a not completely un-Kantian liberalism”.
“Freedom is doing the good because it is good: a not completely un-Kantian liberalism”.
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I come up with titles for books I shall never write:
“Freedom is doing the good because it is good: a not completely un-Kantian liberalism”.
“Freedom is doing the good because it is good: a not completely un-Kantian liberalism”.
I always wonder how bothered I should be about this kind of I’ll-informed obloquy (Brooks’, to be clear). When I was a grad student it would drive me to conniptions that people should so baldly bastardize what was so important to me.
I’m more equanimous about it now. But maybe I shouldn’t be.
I’m more equanimous about it now. But maybe I shouldn’t be.
this, by far, is the dumbest analysis of the Frankfurt School i've seen by David Brooks
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I always wonder how bothered I should be about this kind of I’ll-informed obloquy (Brooks’, to be clear). When I was a grad student it would drive me to conniptions that people should so baldly bastardize what was so important to me.
I’m more equanimous about it now. But maybe I shouldn’t be.
I’m more equanimous about it now. But maybe I shouldn’t be.
I read his blog before he was cool. No, wait… before I was cool? No… there was definitively something uncool going on.
At least the wonks are winning somewhere.
At least the wonks are winning somewhere.
Hockey analytics pioneer Tim Barnes promoted to assistant general manager by Washington Capitals
Hockey analytics pioneer Tim Barnes promoted to assistant general manager by Washington Capitals
Tim Barnes recently received a major promotion from the Washington Capitals. The team's longtime director of hockey analytics is now an assistant…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I read his blog before he was cool. No, wait… before I was cool? No… there was definitively something uncool going on.
At least the wonks are winning somewhere.
At least the wonks are winning somewhere.
Given that many “thinkers” — about whom one day articles and books will be written — are on social media, what role do you think their social media feeds will play in future scholarship? Should we be screenshotting and archiving everything that big-shot thinkers are posting for future scholars’ use?
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Given that many “thinkers” — about whom one day articles and books will be written — are on social media, what role do you think their social media feeds will play in future scholarship? Should we be screenshotting and archiving everything that big-shot thinkers are posting for future scholars’ use?
I guess it’s a bit like asking why folks don’t respond to street crime by writing articles telling muggers to stop robbing people. You address a problem by addressing the people you think you might persuade.
But it’s equally pointless.
But it’s equally pointless.
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I guess it’s a bit like asking why folks don’t respond to street crime by writing articles telling muggers to stop robbing people. You address a problem by addressing the people you think you might persuade.
But it’s equally pointless.
But it’s equally pointless.
Remind me why we do this.
Remember game 7 of the Stanley Cup final in 2024?
I sure do.
I sure do.
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Remind me why we do this.