How to Respond to a Supercilious Christian

Not all Christians are supercilious, of course. Many are content to live and let live, and some even grant that science (despite its lack of supernatural entities) does some good. But Christianity as an organized, evangelizing movement has been on the offensive...

Northern doctor won't shut up

"Dr. John O'Connor first suspected something was wrong a few years ago after discovering a rare form of cancer in a small northern Alberta community of 1,200 people.  He recognized the illness since it was the same one that had claimed the life of his father in Ireland...

Des O’Connor weds again

"Des O'Connor has told of his joy at marrying long-term girlfriend Jodie Brooke Wilson - after 17 years together. The 75-year-old Countdown star said: "I'm a truly happy man. This was a truly magical wedding. "We have been on honeymoon for 17 years and I am looking forward to...

Harper Cops Out

"Despite the cash settlement and the official apology from the New Government of Canada, it wasn't our fault it was that other government, what Harper would not do is clean house in the RCMP and CSIS of those who are directly responsible for what happened to Arar."

One Ship Navy

" So much for Arctic Sovereignty. Heck so much for costal patrols. The Conservative government has only one ship on active duty, the HMS Ottawa, now posted in the Persian Gulf. Thanks to the Afghanistan mission our Navy is in dry dock due to funding cuts. "

Paranoia and the Security State

"So why did the Arar affair happen? Because the State is paranoid, and the most paranoid of the State's apparatchicks are the police, especially the 'secret police', or official 'state police'. Those who protect secrets and weed out secret conspiracies...

Conservative Cold Warriors

" The Harpocrites are reimagining themselves as warriors in the Cold War. Someone should tell them that particular period of history is over. Ottawa is moving swiftly to deport an alleged Russian spy arrested in a Montreal airport, by issuing a rarely used national security...

Bake me a cake, Baker man

"If I told most people in Washington that there was something called the Baker Commission, they could probably guess many of its members without even knowing what it was about. Oh, there might be some quibbles: now that Sandra Day O'Connor is available, is Madeleine Albright...

RCMP Terror

"Secrecy law quashed, RCMP admonished An Ontario judge struck down a federal official secrets law yesterday, saying that the RCMP tried to use it to intimidate an Ottawa journalist into revealing who had leaked her material in the Maher Arar affair."

Gosh Shucks

" "I also shared in that letter with (Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff) that as we had taken that particular step, I would sure appreciate if they would do the same." Day: US asked to clear Arar as security threat He forgot to add the giggle, and hayseed 'Gosh...

Yes or No

"The Harpocrites have a hard time with simple questions. Like ones that simply need a Yes or No answer."