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Written on 17 Jan, 2010 at 19:19 in
Columnist, Donald DeMarco | Author:
Donald DeMarco Tiger Woods and his wife were dining in a fashionable Chinese restaurant. When it was time to crack open the fortune cookies, Elin impulsively tore open her husband’s and read the cryptic fortune aloud: “He who drives well on the fairway may not always fare well on the driveway.”
“What do you think this means?” she asked in a trembling voice. Her husband did not utter a word, but a grave ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jan, 2010 at 19:18 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
On Nov. 20, Orthodox, Catholic and evangelical leaders in the United States set a splendid example for their counterparts in Canada by issuing the Manhattan Declaration – a ringing statement of resolve to resist the growing subversion of the moral order and the suppression of freedom of religion by secular zealots in legislatures, governments and the courts.
Included among the 178 dignitaries who have signed this historic document is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jan, 2010 at 19:16 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy | Author:
Frank Kennedy I got a call from a group of mysterious people in Florida who pleaded with me – and almost demanded – that I come down to Florida and help solve the marital problems of a prominent golfer whose name they refused to reveal. But it was obvious whom they meant. They referred to him only by his code name: “Mr. T.”
The caller introduced himself as Greg Watson, Mr. T’s executive ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jan, 2010 at 19:14 in
Columnist, Movie Review, Rick McGinnis | Author:
Amusements Rick McGinnis My career choice hasn’t been a gateway to riches, but it has a few perks, one of which is the appearance of dozens of DVD screeners in my mailbox in the weeks before Christmas. “Academy screeners” is their full name – DVDs of movies made for members of the Motion Picture Academy of America so that members can nominate Oscar winners without having to drag themselves to a theatre.
I don’t ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jan, 2010 at 19:11 in
Columnist, Michael Coren | Author:
Michael Coren
It’s always astounded me that people who accuse pro-lifers of being obsessed with abortion are actually some of the first people to mention the subject whenever they think they can win an argument, even when it’s not directly relevant. One example is whenever an act of Islamic extremist terror occurs. “All religions produce murderers and fanatics,” runs the moan. “Look at the all of those Christians who shoot ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Dec, 2009 at 8:13 in
Columnist, Michael Coren | Author:
Michael Coren I accuse. The various federal and provincial human rights commissions of discrimination. Against me. Because, for years now, I have spoken out against same-sex “marriage,” the excesses of the gay community and Muslim extremism in my column as well as on my television show, watched by 250,000 people. Good Lord, I’ve even made speeches on these issues, addressing thousands of people.
I know that some people have complained to certain commissions, but I also know that the commissions in question have ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Dec, 2009 at 8:10 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
In a headline story on Nov. 8, the New York Times reported that, by voting to ban federal funding for abortion from the major health-care reform bill under consideration in the United States Congress, the House of Representatives “has energized the opponents of abortion with their biggest victory in years.”
Quite so. The $1.1 trillion House health-care reform bill proposes to extend insurance coverage to 36 million uninsured Americans ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Dec, 2009 at 8:06 in
Columnist, Rick McGinnis | Author:
Rick McGinnis A few months ago, I found myself having to defend a major entertainment corporation while a guest on a national TV show – not the sort of position any critic relishes. A critic’s credibility is a fragile thing, but you’re always safe defaulting to the contrarian, lone wolf stance much beloved of politicians on the election trail, young rock bands with a little-heard debut album to sell (or older ones ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Dec, 2009 at 8:00 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy | Author:
Frank Kennedy How I made it into the inner recesses of the White House remains a mystery to me, but there I was in the War Room of the CIA Office of Political Disinformation. I had to hurdle a number of obstructions that would have stopped dead any spy getting in and ended up standing before a tall, imposing gentleman with dark glasses who said:
“I’m Bert, the station command officer. You’re Frank ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2009 at 17:33 in
Columnist, Rev. Royal Hamel | Author:
Rev Royal Hamel If Christmas means anything, it is surely expressed in Matthew 4:16: “The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great light and, to those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, upon them a light has dawned.” How marvelous that divine light, encased in human flesh, has shone, shines now and will shine for endless days. It is good and right for us to gaze at ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Nov, 2009 at 8:02 in
Book Review, Rory Leishman, Society & Culture | Author:
Review by Rory Leishman Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values by Brian Lee Crowley (Key Porter, $34.95, 360 pages)
In an important new book, Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values, Brian Lee Crowley persuasively argues that the future prosperity of Canada depends on a revival of marriage and the family.
For Crowley, this is a new understanding. Until last year, he was living in a casual, common-law relationship. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 6:01 in
Columnist, Marriage and Family, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns On Sept. 23, the Madam Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein of the Supreme Court of British Columbia quashed polygamy charges against Winston Blackmore and James Oler. The legal reasoning is rather technical and narrow – the defense claimed and the justice agreed that former Attorney General Wally Oppal had gone “special prosecutor shopping” – but that doesn’t change the reality that the decision will be read, at the very least, as tolerance for polygamy in Canadian law and perhaps an endorsement of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 6:00 in
Columnist, Michael Coren, Religion | Author:
Michael Coren
In early October, a former Roman Catholic bishop, Raymond Lahey, was charged with the possession and distribution of child pornography. Whether he is guilty or not is yet to be decided, but the case does look extremely bad.
Beyond what he is accused of having had on his laptop computer recently, it is also alleged that he was seen in the 1980s looking at pictures of aroused teenage ... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 5:58 in
Columnist, Rick McGinnis, Television Shows | Author:
Rick McGinnis There are two rituals at the onset of every fall television season; in the first, someone looks over the crop of failed shows from the last season and announces some venerable genre – the three-camera sitcom, the police procedural – as being creatively dead, followed by the unexpected success of a show that singlehandedly revives it. The cycle’s tedious regularity is just one of the reasons why some of us, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Oct, 2009 at 10:43 in
Columnist, Michael Coren, Society & Culture | Author:
Michael Coren
Titus Brandsma was a small, gentle, bespectacled man. He spent years working with the Dutch underground movement to smuggle Jewish people out of the Netherlands and away from the threat of the Nazi murderers. As a monk, he rejected violence and so would not, could not, pick up a gun to use against the oppressors of goodness and all he held dear. But night after night, week ... (Continue reading)
