Emotions go rogue when it comes to Palin
They’re back. All the hateful words, moronic jokes and vitriolic comments about Sarah Palin have returned as she re-enters public life to promote her...
Omar Khadr should face justice in the U.S.
It doesn’t look like Omar Khadr will be packing his suitcase and heading to Canada any time soon. Last Friday, U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder...
Kids filming gang rape sign of depraved video age
A homecoming dance at a California high school took a horrific turn last Saturday night when a 15-year-old student was gang-raped and beaten. For...
Sacrifice Medal a bad move for suicides
The new Sacrifice Medal was designed to recognize and honour Canadian soldiers who “die as a result of military service or are wounded by...
Overexposure makes us sick of the swine flu
It’s another day, and that means bewildered Canadians will have to face another deluge of media reports about the H1N1 swine flu. What will...
Legalized prostitution doesn’t work
Prostitution is a risky business.
That’s why our society discourages girls from making it a career choice, and encourages prostitutes to pursue an alternate line...
Polanski is no martyr, he’s a rapist
“Child rapist finally caught.” “Fugitive pedophile now in custody.” Why haven’t we seen these headlines in the days following Roman Polanski’s arrest in Zurich?
In...
The broken mommy track caused by myth
Tick tock. Tick tock. Like a Timex watch, that ol’ biological clock just keeps on ticking and ticking. Loudly. But a just released Statistics...
Meet the real Jack Kevorkian
The infamous Dr. Death is back. After eight-and-a-half years in prison and a parole period of relative silence (except for a ridiculous attempt to...
Sept. 11 changed us forever. Or did it?
September 11, 2001, changed the world. Evil invaded North America on a scale that had never before been seen. In a matter of hours,...
Big Government mangles health care training, staffing, central planning in Canada
When Canadian-trained doctors look to the American medical system, they see more money, more opportunity and fewer bureaucratic hassles. So they head south. Meanwhile,...
Green car rebates not likely to help much
“Come on down to Crazy Dalton’s Car Lot! We’ve got hybrids so cheap, we’re almost giving them away! We’re selling cars that are still...
Strange ideas find friends in media, and Obama
Chicken Little lives! He works at the White House and his name is John Holden. Officially, he’s the director of the Office of Science...
Assassination not ideal but often needed
On October 28, 2001, the Washington Post ran a story with the following lead: “Armed with new authority from President Bush for a global...
Massaging the science to fit the policy
“I do not agree with what you have to say, so I command you to shut up.”
The words aren’t quite as eloquent as those...
