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Written on 25 Feb, 2011 at 7:09 in
Columnist, Michael Coren | Author:
Michael Coren
First he was, then he wasn’t, now he is again. In charge of Sun TV, that is. Kory Teneycke is his name and he’s a bright, fearless and startlingly youthful media expert. He’s also someone I’m proud to say is a friend. Frankly, I’ve never really discussed abortion, euthanasia, population size, sexuality and related issues with Kory, but I suspect he agrees with me on some if not all of these topics. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Feb, 2011 at 7:41 in
Columnist, Religion, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
On Jan. 10, Orville Nichols was in a state of shock: He knew he might lose in a ruling that day by a panel of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in the Marriage Commissioners Reference, but he probably was not expecting to lose by an overwhelming five to nothing decision.
Nichols is a devout Baptist who has served as a marriage commissioner in Saskatchewan since 1983. Having performed more than 10,000 marriages without ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Feb, 2011 at 7:18 in
Columnist, Joe Campbell | Author:
Joe Campbell
Dingwall was telling me about a friend who had a heart attack. “Fortunately,” he said, “it occurred in a cab and the doctor who was driving stabilized him and took him to the hospital.”
“The cab driver was a doctor?”
“An immigrant who isn’t licensed to practice here.”
“We’re short of doctors,” I said.
“I know,” Dingwall replied, “but if we licensed all the immigrant doctors, we’d be short of cab drivers.” He went ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Feb, 2011 at 19:35 in
Columnist, Rick McGinnis | Author:
Rick McGinnis The opening scene of Mother and Child, a 2009 box office dud recently recalled to life on DVD, opens with a scene that’s pitifully familiar. A boy and a girl – teenagers, and just barely at that – sit on a bed kissing; it’s the bad hair and bellbottom ‘70s, but it could really be any time since what’s next is dramatically inevitable. In one quick cut she’s pregnant, in a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Feb, 2011 at 19:32 in
Announcements, Features, Paul Tuns, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns A social conservative assessment
Stephen Harper, the Liberals like to tell us, has a hidden agenda. Deep down in his black heart of hearts he wants to ban abortion. Yet, for nearly two decades, Campaign Life Coalition has rated him as “pro-abortion” or “not pro-life,” based on his public statements, CLC questionnaires he returned, and voting record. I’d like to be able to tell you that the truth is somewhere in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Jan, 2011 at 11:56 in
Columnist, Euthanasia, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns Robert Latimer has been granted full parole. I am not surprised by the decision, just ticked off. It sends a terrible signal to society that the life of a person with a disability is less valuable than the life of an able-bodied person. That is sick, perverse and dehumanizing. Canada is better than that. As the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition’s Alex Schadenberg says, “the EPC has always held that Robert Latimer should be treated in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Jan, 2011 at 11:11 in
Announcements, Columnist, Features, Joe Campbell | Author:
Joe Campbell
I thought I knew what pro-choice means. I guess I don’t. In fact I have difficulty with most pro-choice language. Take sex-selective abortion. It’s about expectant couples who prefer sons to daughters and use ultrasound to find out what they’re going to have. If it’s a daughter, they abort her.
When I learned that pro-choicers are against sex-selective abortion, I was really puzzled. I always thought ‘pro’ meant ‘for’. I never ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Jan, 2011 at 12:09 in
Columnist, Michael Coren | Author:
Michael Coren
There is nothing right or left-wing about pro-life, but pro-lifers are repeatedly and ridiculously condemned and dismissed as being on the right. Life, however, is more important than political labels. But while we know of the murderous fascists of the 1940s, we need to understand something of those assumed to be the good guys – the socialist thinkers and writers who allegedly wanted only to make the world a better place.
Thinkers such ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Jan, 2011 at 11:31 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
From a pro-life perspective, President George W. Bush may have been less than perfect, but in comparison to his successor, he is looking ever better.
Bush devotes an entire chapter of his compelling memoir Decision Points to the controversial decision he announced in a televised address on Aug. 9, 2001, to authorize federal funding for embryonic stem cell research using only existing stem cell lines. Bush recalls that he did not arrive at ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Jan, 2011 at 11:29 in
Columnist, Rick McGinnis | Author:
Rick McGinnis It’s a rare film that justifies its running time, and if over two decades’ worth of movie reviewing has taught me anything, it’s that every film, no matter how good, is probably too long. That proved itself once again with The Social Network, one of the films tipped early on as an Oscar favourite when it was released this fall. It’s just a minute over two hours long, and while hardly ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2010 at 14:11 in
Columnist, Michael Coren | Author:
Michael Coren
Sometimes life can be disappointing. Just like when I was a child and that longed-for present wasn’t in Santa’s sack, my hopes were dashed recently when I was once again not included on the list of the inductees into Canada’s Queer Hall of Fame. Last year saw the first inductees: Pierre Trudeau, swimmer Mark Tewksbury and drag queen Robert Kaiser, known as Joan-E. I don’t know who Joan-E is, but I think ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2010 at 13:51 in
Columnist, Donald DeMarco, Profiles | Author:
Donald DeMarco I am the proud possessor of a Bob Feller autographed baseball card. On reflection, however, my pride should be tempered for two reasons. According to certain knowledgeable collectors, there are more of his cards around sporting his signature than not. Feller, the former Cleveland Indians ace, has been most obliging at innumerable card shows. At 92 years young he has more post-induction years behind him than any other living Hall of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Dec, 2010 at 13:43 in
Columnist, Joe Campbell | Author:
Joe Campbell
Take care if you aspire to be a criminal. A life of crime can be bleak and unrewarding, unless you go to jail. As long as you’re on the run, you have few options. Once you’re incarcerated, you have more than you can pursue. Like most criminals, however, you may never make it to jail.
If you do, opportunities abound. Among other pursuits, you can earn a university degree, learn a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Dec, 2010 at 12:09 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy | Author:
Frank Kennedy I was invited to Rob Ford’s victory party in Toronto in a live 10-second phone invitation and he implied everybody was welcome. Ford said that people were already starting to arrive early. Ford’s people were expecting over 2000 but they came in with around 1500. That is still an amazing figure. I guess the Ford sign on my front lawn got me the invitation, but I am afraid I couldn’t make it to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Dec, 2010 at 11:47 in
Columnist, Rick McGinnis | Author:
Rick McGinnis There are no accidents in popular culture. Trends and fads might crest with seeming randomness, but do not be fooled – every hit movie, TV show or book and the copycats in its wake are meant to scratch some cultural itch. The motivations might be obscure at the time, but hindsight reveals all, so I cannot help but anticipate just what led to the recent ubiquity of the zombie.
A quick scan ... (Continue reading)
