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Patrick Keeney

Canada, Kelowna, Thailand
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Patrick Keeney’s Biography

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Patrick Keeney holds a Ph.D. in the philosophy of education from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His areas of interest include higher education, liberal learning, conservative politics, and religion. His writings have appeared in a wide variety of journals in both the academic and popular press, in Canada, the UK, and the U.S. He divides his year between Kelowna, B.C, and Thailand, where he is currently a visiting scholar in the Faculty of Education at Chiang Mai University.

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The Death of Jason Arday: A Casualty of the Ideology That Elevated Him

The Death of Jason Arday: A Casualty of the Ideology That Elevated Him

By Patrick Keeney The death of Jason Arday, until recently a professor at the University of Cambridge, is fir…

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The End of the Celebrity Newsman

The End of the Celebrity Newsman

By Patrick Keeney There are few environments more conducive to an inflated sense of self-importance than the …

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Henry Nowak, The Media and the Poverty of the 'Far-Right' Explanation

Henry Nowak, The Media and the Poverty of the 'Far-Right' Explanation

By Patrick Keeney The brutal murder of Henry Nowak should have focused public attention on the circumstances …

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Liberal Learning and the Crisis of the University

Liberal Learning and the Crisis of the University

by Patrick Keeney (June 2026) This essay is a revised version of a talk I delivered at Swedenborg House on Ap…

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The Desecration of Man and the Crisis of Western Civilization

The Desecration of Man and the Crisis of Western Civilization

By Patrick Keeney We live in feverish times. The daily news arrives as a succession of cultural upheavals, in…

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Beyond Preference: Rick Beato and the Defence of Standards

Beyond Preference: Rick Beato and the Defence of Standards

By Patrick Keeney American musician and musicologist Rick Beato recently criticised a list of the 30 greatest…

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Articles

The Death of Jason Arday: A Casualty of the Ideology That Elevated Him

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By Patrick Keeney
| New English Review
By Patrick Keeney The death of Jason Arday, until recently a professor at the University of Cambridge, is first and foremost a human tragedy. On Aug. 14, only days after resigning his professorship amid intense scrutiny of his academic work and public claims, he was found unresponsive at his London home. Accounts of the circumstances differ. Police have described the death as unexpected but not suspicious, while friends have described a man who felt he could no longer go on.
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The Death of Jason Arday: A Casualty of the Ideology That Elevated Him

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By Patrick Keeney
| The Epoch Times
Commentary The death of Jason Arday, until recently a professor at the University of Cambridge, is first and foremost a human tragedy. On Aug. 14, only days after resigning his professorship amid intense scrutiny of his academic work and public claims, he was found unresponsive at his London home. Accounts of the circumstances differ. Police have described the death as unexpected but not suspicious, while friends have described a man who felt he could no longer go on.
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High-Spin Defect Clustering and Emergent Magnetism in TiS 2

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By Patrick Keeney, Kyle Taylor, Thomas M. Pekarek
| Wiley Online Library Verified
, , , , , and , “High-Spin Defect Clustering and Emergent Magnetism in TiS2.” Advanced Functional Materials (2026): e76835. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.76835 Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. References 1, , , , and , “2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides,” Nature Reviews Materials 2 (2017): 17033.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for Quill and Quire, the trade paper of the Canadian publishing industry.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes!

How is social media changing news?

Social media has opened great opportunities for independent journalists, who can escape the clutches of legacy news outlets.