Homosceptical
Mercatornet has a good article by Peter Saunders who declares himself homosceptical -- skeptical of the claims made by the gay rights lobby to normalize their lifestyle. A great term to replace the grammatically illogical homophobic.
In praise of fathers
From the June issue: "The importance of fathers." The bottom line: both parents are necessary.
What to put on the cover?
The May issue could have been 32 pages or more. It was a big month for news since our last issue came out. Our beloved former columnist Fr. Ted Colleton passed away April 26. On May 2, there was transformational federal election. On May 13, Ottawa witnessed the largest-ever National March for Life, and successful regional marches were held coast-to-coast. How to [...]
Time to separate school and state
What will it take for Canadians finally to rebel against the abuse of power by Canada’s immensely wealthy and politically intimidating teachers’ unions. On May 4, about 12,000 unionized Saskatchewan teachers walked off the job in one-day protest strike against lagging contract negotiations. Students lost a day of schooling and parents were given little notice of the impending strike, yet picketing [...]
Messaging Layton
The recent federal election result was predictable -- Harper got his long sought majority -- but how it came about was totally unpredictable and astonishing. There’s an interesting side-story that isn’t getting much coverage. The left-leaning media did their level best to piggyback Ignatieff and his Liberal crew to victory but failed. When it became obvious that Plan A had failed, they [...]
Justin Bieber stands up for life
C.S. Lewis, Thomas Aquinas, Socrates, Kierkegaard, Bieber. Or something like that. Up until quite recently I haven’t regarded 16-year-old pop sensation, and little girl heartthrob, Justin Bieber as a particularly great moral philosopher and academic ethicist, but I have to admit that I think I got it terribly wrong. Jest aside, the Canadian kid who makes pre-teens weep and scream at [...]
Wrong notes
“I go to jazz festivals every chance I get,” Bimson said. “They’re really inclusive. At the last one I attended the organizers included rock, hip hop, rhythm and blues, country, folk, Latin, reggae and klesmer.” “That’s inclusive, all right,” Molder said. “You bet it is,” said Bimson, “why, they even included jazz.” “Isn’t that carrying inclusiveness too far?” “Only if you [...]
CHP got message out in 46 ridings
The Christian Heritage Party ran 46 candidates in eight provinces and received 19,218 votes or 0.13 per cent nationally. A CHP spokesman said the presence of the party’s candidates ensured that voters who wanted to cast a vote for a pro-life candidate could. Christian Heritage Candidates No CHP candidate finished better than fifth and leading vote-getters for the party were Geoffrey Capp [...]
Imagining no religion
Before I say anything else about Game Of Thrones, this Spring’s big-budget HBO epic miniseries, it has to be understood that there’s nothing family friendly about the show. Full of blood and sex, full-frontal nudity, incest, animal cruelty and some wildly explicit language, it almost seems like the producers, having seen quality cable push the boundaries with each new series, are attempting [...]
The importance of fathers
Recent attacks on the family often become attacks on fatherhood. For instance, figures from Hollywood have embraced alternative family structures, questioning or mocking the importance of a father figure. Actress Jennifer Aniston in August 2010 said that fathers are unnecessary, especially since now there is no need “to fiddle with a man to have that child.” Another example is the positive portrayal [...]
Ottawa not out of step on maternal health
Last year when Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper steadfastly refused to include abortion in his maternal health initiative he brought to the G8 summit Canada hosted in June, he was chastised for being out of step with international norms on acknowledging the supposed central importance of abortion in addressing maternal health and infant mortality. But according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research outfit, abortion [...]
Toronto pro-life forum
Information about Campaign Life Coalition's June 24-25 Toronto Forum featuring Brian Lilley as the banquet speaker can be found in this ad. The banquet speech by Lilley can be attended for just $75, but he is worth the price of admission for the full conference ($145).
National March for Life coverage
Our June issue story and photos of the National March for Life in Ottawa.
Pro-abort crimes never get national attention
Pro-abortion criminality is never made the federal case that pro-life criminality is. Perhaps it is so common that it is not considered newsworthy and a pro-life memorial getting vandalized probably should not warrant national attention. But regardless of the level of criminality by pro-aborts -- never mind the law-breaking taking place in the abortion facilities that Live Action has recently exposed -- it is hardly ever reported beyond the [...]
Ridings we watched
Last month, we reported on five ridings to watch. Here is what happened in those five races. Saanich-Gulf Islands Pro-life cabinet minister Gary Lunn was beaten by pro-abortion Green Party leader Elizabeth May, the first time the party of radical environmentalists has elected an MP to the House of Commons. May beat Lunn easily, 31,900 to 24,541, and was aided [...]