Features
Written on 17 Oct, 2011 at 17:58 in
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In an age of instant information, the lack of widely-known facts about abortion is scandalous. To be sure, the mini-industry surrounding the brutal practice of prenatal infanticide is hardly transparent, but the real dearth of clear information about abortion proceeds from the public’s incorrigible lack of curiosity. It is not that such information is unattainable; instead, it is simply unwanted. While corrupt nations can now be brought down by embarrassing revelations ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Oct, 2011 at 7:26 in
Abortion, Announcements, Features | Author:
Paul Tuns Abortion costs Canadians taxpayers at least $80 million a year. Government is less than open about the costs of abortion (and other abortion numbers). If abortion is real health care, why is everything about it a secret?
When Alissa Golob, head of Campaign Life Coalition Youth, started to prepare for the Oct. 22 Defund ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 10:18 in
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After more than 5,600 kilometers, and less than three months after setting out from Vancouver on May 23, 12 pro-life students have ended their walk across the country to draw attention to abortion.
Crossroads sponsored the Canadian leg, plus four walks in the United States and, the first walk in Ireland. Crossroads was started in 1995 in response to Pope John Paul II’s challenge to the youth to take the pro-life message to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 9:56 in
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Review Paul Tuns Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think by Bryan Caplan (Basic Books, $29, 228 pages)
Bryan Caplan is a libertarian thinker and economics professor at George Mason University. He is always provocative and is one of my favourite writers. I was without a doubt going to enjoy his latest book, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 9:26 in
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Theresa Gilbert
Though student pro-life leaders have many great ideas to impact their campus, oftentimes they lack the funds to do an event or campaign effectively. While balancing the club with their classes, jobs and other commitments, it can be difficult to fundraise. Thanks to collaboration among three pro-life organizations, a new grant of $1,500 is now being offered to campus pro-life groups to support their pro-life efforts on campus. The Interim ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Sep, 2011 at 10:03 in
Announcements, Book Review, Features, Rick McGinnis | Author:
Columnist Rick McGinnis Television is the most modern, the most omnipresent, and the most pervasive of all the media arts, which is the reason I devote so much time in this column to analyzing its effect on our culture. It’s not hard to understand why; unless parents have made the conscious decision to take TV out of their home, it’s likely that the average child will have seen many hours of television programming before ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Sep, 2011 at 9:59 in
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Analysis Paul Tuns Hudak draws Liberal flack for supporting defunding petition
On July 15, Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella, author of Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics, attacked Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak for allegedly being a socially conservative extremist. Kinsella wrote on his blog that “Hudak would defund abortion,” adding, “it hasn’t been particularly been a secret. It’s just some people hadn’t noticed.”
Kinsella wondered: “So will it become a campaign issue? I’d ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 Sep, 2011 at 9:58 in
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Paul Tuns Well into the Summer, when the Ontario Progressive Conservative, Liberal and New Democratic parties are getting ready for the Fall election to be held in the province Oct. 6, the Family Coalition Party was setting the foundation for a longer-term project. Phil Lees, the FCP leader, was holding three to four meetings most weeks in different electoral districts to get ready not just for this election, but creating a foundation of activists ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 Sep, 2011 at 9:23 in
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Dan DiRocco
The Interim has been on the pro-life scene for more than 28 years. For 10 of those years the paper has partnered with Niagara Region Right to Life to sponsor a scholarship program for high school level students. Back in 2001 Fr. Ted Colleton was nearing the end of his 80-hour weeks serving the pro-life cause. He was not quite retired, but he would devote more time to praying for the cause ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Sep, 2011 at 7:33 in
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Mark Wegierski In Canada and the United States, Labour Day is celebrated as the holiday of workers, to avoid the radical connotations of May Day. Nevertheless, in celebration of Labour Day, traditionalists should re-examine what may have been authentic and insightful in Marx’s ideas – most notably, the cherishing of the worker. What is perhaps the pre-eminent attitude in authentic, reflective traditionalism is the recognition of the dignity of labour.
At the same time, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Sep, 2011 at 11:30 in
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Pauline Kosalka #1 Banning abortion would lead to dangerous back-alley abortions
A common myth is that if women are deprived of the opportunity of having legal abortions, they will opt for more dangerous back alley abortions which will result in a higher mortality rate. However, according to the Elliot Institute, surveys show that only six to 20 per cent of women who currently have legal abortions would consider getting them illegally. “This finding also ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Sep, 2011 at 11:29 in
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In 1957, the French literary critic Roland Barthes published a lively collection of essays on mythologies that circulate in the modern world. From wrestling to red wine, from Citroëns to soap-powders, Barthes identified the unmarked, cultural myths prevalent in post-war France. In his view, myths are not simply ancient stories about philandering gods: they are a common feature of our daily lives.
Fifteen years after Barthes’ essays appeared, another French thinker, René ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Aug, 2011 at 10:44 in
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Commentary Alan Yoshioka and Theresa Yoshioka Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy (EIE) pushes aside child development norms in favour of an ideologically driven model of morally relativist gender-neutral citizenship. At a Pride Toronto reception on July 1, Premier Dalton McGuinty demonstrated his ongoing commitment to that mindset. He announced that the province will require that all its publicly funded schools – elementary or secondary – allow LGBT support groups.
The comprehensive EIE reform, including 13 directly related initiatives, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Aug, 2011 at 10:36 in
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Alissa Golob
It’s no secret to those who know me that I am a firm supporter of the use of graphic images when it comes to pro-life activism. However, when I signed up for the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform’s Summer Crash Course and was told we would be using them outside of the Calgary Stampede, I have to admit I was a little hesitant.
Every summer in Calgary, Canadians get the chance to experience an ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Aug, 2011 at 10:27 in
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Interim Staff Since October 1998, Michael Coren has hosted a television show on CTS, the Christian broadcaster based in Burlington. Now, 3022 shows later, the popular print journalist and radio and television host is joining the upstart all-news channel Sun News.
Coren’s CTS peak viewership exceeded 100,000 – and CTS is only carried in Ontario and Alberta – plus internet viewers. Shows such as a debate on evolution have garnered more than a half ... (Continue reading)
