A Student's Guide to the Core Curriculum by Mark C. Henrie ISI Books, $7.95 (US), 109 pages.As the role of the university is being debated in society, so too is the legitimacy of the liberal arts. At one point in our history, a liberal arts education was held in high regard, a mark of distinction that qualified a university graduate for an [...]
The Educated Child: A Parent's Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade by William J. Bennett, Chester E. Finn Jr., and John T.E. Cribb Jr. (Free Press, $44.50 hc, pb, 666 pages)The Educated Child, written by a former US Education Secretary (Bill Bennett), a professor of education (Chester Finn) and a former education department bureaucrat (John Cribb), was published two years ago but [...]
As millions of Canadian children return to school this September, 81,000 kids will stay at home with mom or dad or some other adult to be homeschooled. The National Post has reported on several recent polls that show growing support for parental choice in education, in a variety of forms that include the creation of charter schools, school vouchers and tuition tax [...]
The dog days of summer allow us a great opportunity to ponder, reflect and generally digest news and information that crosses one's desk as we seek to restore sanity to a culture in love with death. Imagine my excitement when I viewed the latest newsletter of the BC Pro-Choice Action Network. Their Spring/Summer newsletter was jam-packed full of goodies that remind us [...]
The Earl of Longford died earlier this month, a fact that in Britain provoked a response from almost every adult citizen. In Canada, he is less - perhaps little - known. Even so, he merited half-page obituaries in some newspapers and several radio and television discussions. I write about him because Lord Longford, or Frank Pakenham, was my godfather. He was 95 [...]
The problem, I fear, is that the whole country is going to pot - "pot," as in marijuana. There's a crazy campaign being carried on by the mainstream media to decriminalize pot. We'll be a nation of glassy-eyed potheads if this media blitz is a success, and I don't doubt that they'll succeed. Many will be getting into their cars stoned from [...]
At the end of July through the beginning of August, we suffered through the "gay festival" as Montreal became Sodom for a week. A particular arrogance and presumptuousness marked this year's activities. Some estimates had 750,000 people attending the gay parade on August 5, giving the occasion an appearance of having been a great success. Key politicians were present, showing their deference [...]
"It's a pleasure to help in this small way!" That statement sums up the sentiment of hundreds of people who participated in this year's Coins for Life campaign. Anti-life forces are well-financed by media moguls such as Ted Turner and other billionaires, as well as by the government. But there are thousands of ordinary folks who want the relentless attacks on human [...]
For many pro-lifers, euthanasia may seem less of an issue than abortion, yet it is a reality that many Canadians face daily and one that is no less horrendous. One such Canadian is Patrick McGurran. He has been in and out of hospitals, undergoing 61 surgeries on his back, legs and elsewhere, as well as many treatments. He has arthrogryposis, a rare [...]
"Abstain and be faithful won't fight AIDS" was the headline of a column by Donna Laframboise in the National Post on August 2. She was ridiculing African Catholic bishops who condemned the use of condoms in fighting AIDS. She came to a very strong conclusion: "any religion that thinks you fight a public health catastrophe that threatens millions upon millions of lives [...]
Philosophy was born the moment it was discovered that there is a critical difference between appearance and reality. The way things really are is not simply the way they appear to us. The surface of a table appears solid and static to us. Yet, according to physics, it is highly porous and charged with electrical particles. It has been said that philosophy [...]
The UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS, June 25-27, was the scene of a clash between pro-family delegates and organizations and those countries and groups that sought to extend same-sex rights. Canadian officials were among those who successfully fought against 11 nations that attempted to ban the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, a group of radical activists, from the proceedings. With [...]
Ever since Paul Ehrlich released his 1968 book The Population Bomb, many in the modern world have been convinced that maybe the 17th Century British economist Thomas Malthus was right all along: perhaps, if given a chance, human beings will breed like rats and overpopulate the Earth. The "solution" proposed by scientists, the United Nations, and pro-abortion activists in the West has [...]
The abortion issue was front and centre when some 600 delegates from Canada, the U.S., Mexico and several other countries came to Toronto for three days in early August for the 119th annual meeting of the Knights of Columbus. The organization's New York chapter put forth a resolution calling for the running of newspaper, radio and television advertisements that publicize elected officials' [...]
In the wake of highly successful national pro-life conferences in the previous two years, Campaign Life Coalition Ontario is staging a special one-day provincial conference in Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto, on Oct. 13. The conference, running from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Parkway North Hotel and Convention Centre, 600 Highway 7 East, is being highlighted by two [...]