First Things, a "Survey of Religion and Public Life" edited by Father Richard John Neuhaus, caused a stir in the academic and journalistic communities when it posed the question, "The End of Democracy?" in its November 1996 issue. Going beyond the debate over judicial activism in the United States, the symposium questioned whether or not "conscientious citizens can [any] longer give moral [...]
Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher (Doubleday, $37.95, 260 pages). While Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher's The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially may seem a tad shallow in pointing to why marriage is a good thing, it is a wonderful tonic to the cultural [...]
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study by Judith Wallerstein Julia M. Lewis and Sandra Blakeslee (Hyperion, $35.95, 347 pages). The conventional wisdom about divorce and children - that family breakups are, at worst, a temporary difficulty for kids - is so wrong that new research about the long-term negative effects on children of divorce must force a re-thinking [...]
Trend toward normalization of pedophilia mirrors psychiatry's capitulation to the gay agenda The November 20, 2000 Globe and Mail contained a compassionate editorial arguing that convicted pedophiles should not be imprisoned. The essay was written by Dr. John Bradford, who holds two high-sounding psychiatric appointments (Clinical Director of the Forensic Programme and the Sexual Behaviours Clinic at the Royal Ottawa Hospital, and Head [...]
As the worldwide push for the "morning-after pill" and RU-486 increases, pro-lifers wonder about its effect on the abortion debate and on the pharmacy profession In the past few years chemical abortion has become more prevalent as country after country approved the morning-after pill (MAP) and the abortion pill RU-486. The most infamous of these was the September 28, 2000 United States [...]
Some leaders adopting a wait-and-see approach as cabinet nominees face confirmation After a long campaign and close election, Republican George W. Bush was announced the winner of the U.S. presidential race. While Bush was preferable in comparison to Democrat Al Gore, the reaction of pro-lifers to Bush's victory has been mixed. Groups such as the National Right to Life Committee and Family [...]
Miriam, stunningly beautiful with her dark flashing eyes, gleaming white teeth and chocolate coloured skin, walked into Toronto's Aid to Women looking lost. Told by the abortuary staff downstairs "not to talk to a man standing outside on the street because he might change your mind about abortion," she came looking for him. He wasn't standing outside on the sidewalk that afternoon, [...]
The federal government released Canada's 1998 abortion stats in December 2000, figures which show a small decline form the previous year in the number of unborn children killed in this country. Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon, however, showed a year-over-year increase in abortions. Pro-lifers are always glad when governments release abortion statistics because of the ammunition it provides against [...]