Law Society of Upper Canada Sticks it to Christians… and the Law
I guess being the Law Society of Upper Canada (the “LSUC“) means you aren’t compelled to comply with silly little rules… like the law. How else can one explain the appalling decision of the LSUC to...
View ArticleWhy are Egypt’s Crimes Stephen Harper’s Fault?
This morning we learned that an Egyptian court - a kangaroo court, if ever there was one - after what can only be characterized as a farce of a trial, had convicted Mohammed Fahmy, an...
View ArticleThe Trouble with Islam? Or the Trouble with Muslims?
Sheema Khan had an interesting article in the Globe today, on the need for Islam to reform to reflect the 21st century in light of the recent incident in Sudan where a young pregnant woman, Meriam...
View ArticleNo, damnit, Non-Residents Canadians shouldn’t get to vote in Canadian Elections
I read this piece in the Globe by Semra Sevi this morning making the case for why Canadian citizens who reside outside of Canada for more than 5-years should be entitled to vote in Federal elections....
View ArticleI swear to God, I’ll never understand woman…
The Globe and Mail has a story about noted serial killer, rapist, and general piece-o-shit, Paul Bernardo and his apparent bride-to-be. Wait, bride? WTF? According to the Globe, this young woman has...
View ArticleA Question for Israel’s Critics – What Number of Dead Palestinians is...
So the Israelis and the Palestinians are at it again. Here it is, a nice sunny summer, and they’ve got nothing better to do than try (none too successfully, in the case of the Palestinians) to kill...
View ArticleJeffrey Goldberg Asks a Damned Good Question About the Response to the Gaza War
Jeffrey Goldberg has a great piece in the Atlantic today about the coverage of, and the response to, the Gaza war. Why is it, he asks, that the war in Gaza is covered in exquisite detail by news...
View ArticleA Couple of Thoughts on the Media and the Michael Brown Shooting
So, a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson for shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, last summer. I confess that I hadn’t been closely following the...
View ArticleThis is Why No One Takes the Toronto Star and the Canadian Center for Policy...
I know I shouldn’t read the Star. Especially not when it’s reporting on the latest report from the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (the “CCPA”). Not because I don’t agree with them (it’s no...
View ArticleGood Lord, It’s depressing to read the Star these days – more pathetic...
A few weeks ago I had a rant about an utterly attrocious story in the Toronto Star reporting wholly uncritically upon a Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives study which purported to show (but, in...
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