The quotable Leon Kass Editor’s note: Leon R. Kass delivered this commencement address at St. John’s College, Annapolis, Md. on May 13. It is reprinted with permission. Dr. Kass is chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, a Hertog Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of numerous books, including Reproduction and Responsibility (2004) and Life, Liberty and the Defence [...]
Canada Testifying before an ad hoc parliamentary committee on bilingualism, Brian Mulroney’s former press secretary, Michael Gratton, condemned the Harper government’s axing of the Court Challenges Program last fall, calling the move “illegal” and “unconstitutional” ...Stephen Harper has appointed Judge Warren K. Winkler as chief justice of Ontario. Winkler is seen by insiders as more of a common-sense “country judge” than a judicial activist and [...]
Estrogen in waterways affecting fish development and reproduction KENORA, Ont. – A recent study in a northwestern Ontario lake has proven that just small amounts of estrogen added to a freshwater lake can have severe effects on fish development. The study was led by Dr. Karen Kidd, fish scientist and biology professor at the University of New Brunswick. Small amounts of estrogen were [...]