• Misogyny and Advertising are Often Intertwined

  

  In Canada and the United States women enjoy a measure of equality but the hard earned status of personhood is fragile at best.  Built into and part of our culture are subtle and not so subtle coercions.  One of the more blatant avenues is through the advertising media.  Often... Read more

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• Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation

  

  From the Associated Press,  White House bulletin:  President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Day proclamation, as released by the White House: What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago has become our... Read more

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• Harper to attend Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

  

  Prime Minister Harper has been criticized by environmentalist for his intention not to attend next months Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.  His stance was that there needed to be a critical mass of world leaders before he would attend. Recently President Obama and the Chinese... Read more

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• A Conversation with Johnny Rodrigues and ZCTF

  The film "There's A Rhino In My House" is being shown in Harare, Zimbabwe by Imire Safari Ranch. The comments about the film presents a time to comment about the conservation efforts in Zimbabwe. Johnny Rodrigues of ZCTF has been kind enough to accept the underwriter's invitation to an interview. Here is the interview which was conducted via E Mail. 1. Imire Safari Ranch is planning a film... Read more

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• Irish Church accused of abuse cover-up

  A damning report into child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese has criticised the Catholic Church hierarchy for covering up the abuse. The report investigated how Church and state authorities handled allegations of child abuse against 46 priests. Source: news.bbc.co.uk I thought that this had already been established by reports, enquiries etc., but this piece... Read more

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