Fri May 16, 2008 – 8:00 pm
The Friday before the long weekend is usually a slow news day, leaving viewers of the evening news slogging through reports on gas prices, congestion on the highways leading to cottage country and other non-essential news items. That might make the SCC ruling today that the Youth Criminal Justice Act, 2003 is unconstitutional more […]
Sun May 11, 2008 – 7:12 pm
Once and a while, the mainstream media picks up and follows the release of a particular video game because of its impact on society. Such is the case with any entry of the Grand Theft Auto series. IV, which is actually the eighth title of the popular anti-hero series, was released at the […]
By Matthew |
Also posted in Citizenship & Immigration, Corruption & Scandal, Culture, History & Cultural, Legal & Justice, Media & Communication, National Security & Policing, Religion & Ethics, Science & Technology, Terrorism, Welfare & Social Issues |
Sat Apr 26, 2008 – 12:31 pm
When I was in high school, my social studies class taught us about the basic economic principles behind industry. We were taught about primary industry, secondary industry, and tertiary industry. It was explained that primary industry involves the harvesting of natural resources. Examples of this are logging, mining, and oil drilling. Canada is famous for […]
Fri Apr 25, 2008 – 9:07 pm
Mary Ruwart, research scientist, perrenial Libertarian Senatorial candidate and front runner for this year’s Libertarian Presidential ticket is being taken to task for comments she made in her book, Short Answers to Tough Questions.
When discussing self choice in relation to child porn, she had this to say: “Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have […]
Fri Apr 25, 2008 – 9:50 am
Lanny Davis at the Huffington Post outlines the top ten “List of Undisputed Facts Showing Barack Obama’s Weakness in the General Election Against John McCain” and just when you thought it could not get any worse for the two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, Jazz Shaw ponders,
[…] at this point I have begun to […]
Mon Apr 21, 2008 – 8:20 pm
This is the second of my series on the three remaining Presidential candidates, the first of which can be found several posts down, on McCain.
Hillary Clinton is currently written off by almost everyone, including me. She will inevitable finish second to Obama in delegates heading into the convention, regardless of how Pennsylvania and Indiana play out. North Carolina […]
Sat Apr 19, 2008 – 9:49 pm
Something rare happened over the course of the last week for me: I struggled to write a post for this website. I knew what I wanted to write on, and some points that I wanted to make, yet discussing the Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed! documentary (now in theatres across America) has yielded more reaction […]
Thu Apr 17, 2008 – 9:01 pm
At this point in the primaries, it seems very probable that Obama will win the Democratic nomination. I support Clinton in the contest, and while history tells us to never write off a Clinton, I must say that it looks like Barrack is inevitable.
So the question that comes to mind for conservatives is twofold: First, can […]
Tue Apr 15, 2008 – 7:32 pm
There was quite a bit of anger among conservatives in Canada last week when the boys in Ottawa blocked the sale of a Canadian (space) satellite division to an American buyer. Gerry Nicholls railed against the decision by a Minister of Industry who is admittedly not so inclined to keep industries prosperous, given some of […]
Thu Apr 10, 2008 – 2:01 pm
Costas Panagopoulos, an assistant professor of political science at New York’s Fordham University, has pointed out that Oprah Winfrey’s support of Obama may have done little for the Obama campaign, and may have actually hurt Oprah’s personal popularity.
To be sure, Oprah remains one of the most popular figures in America, but recent data suggest her […]
