By J.M. Glover: ‘The value of a life cannot be measured by its challenges’ Texas Right to Life highlighted the story of rare identical triplets, two of whom were cojoined. Doctors suggested that the children might not survive birth, and if they did, they might never walk. Well, they did survive birth in May 2015 at a Corpus Christi medical center, and [...]
From the editor’s desk As we were ready to go to press, Norman Podhoretz died. He was one of the three most important conservative intellectuals of the American conservative movement of the second half of the 20th century alongside William F. Buckley, founder of National Review, and Irving Kristol, with whom Podhoretz is a founding godfather of neoconservatism. Neoconservatism has come into [...]
Josie Luetke: “You would prefer the human race to endure, right?” “Uh—” “You’re hesitating… Yes?” “Yep, well…I-I don’t know. I-I would—I would…um—” “This is a long hesitation. This is a long hesitation.” “There’s-There’s so many—there’s so many—there’s so many questions implicit in this.” “Should the human race survive?” “Uh…yes, but…” This June 2025 exchange between New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and [...]
John Carpay: Canada was one of the leaders of the international opposition to the Apartheid laws in South Africa, in force from 1948 to 1991. All South Africans were legally classified by race as White, Black, Coloured, or Indian, with laws defining the rights and obligations of each group. Apartheid laws enforced segregation in most spheres of life, including housing, marriage, and [...]
Mary Zwicker: The citizens of a European country have halted the advancement of euthanasia legislation in a recent referendum. On Nov. 23, Slovenian citizens rejected a pro-euthanasia bill through a binding referendum that banned their government from revisiting the topic for another 12 months. Following the pro-life victory, conservative politician, activist, and primary leader of the referendum campaign, Aleš Primc, declared that [...]
Paul Tuns: Delegates at the Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) annual general meeting Nov. 28-30, held in Edmonton, passed several pro-life and pro-family motions including a call to defund late-term abortions, restricting, and upholding parental rights. Campaign Life Coalition endorsed 12 of the 36 policy resolutions and all 12 passed, most with large majorities of the more than 4000 delegates attending the [...]
Paul Tuns: Health Canada released its Sixth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada on Nov. 28, providing data regarding Canada’s euthanasia and assisted-suicide regime in 2024, the most recent year for which there is completed data. According to the report, 16,499 Canadians were killed by euthanasia, an increase of seven per cent compared to 2023 when there were 15,427 [...]
Rory Leishman: The United States Declaration of Independence famously asserts: “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” As originally understood in 1776, the phrase “all Men” in this context referred to all humans. In [...]
Sporting Life, Victor Penney: Do you want to know one of the easiest ways to get under the skin of the toughest, most intimidating professional wrestlers on the planet? Call out pro-wrasslin’ for what it is: fake. The outcomes are predetermined and the moves are choreographed, but make no mistake: the athleticism and pain are real, and so is the passion. It’s [...]
Tanis Cortens: The array of health problems caused by cannabis has serious consequences. A May 2023 analysis by Quest Diagnostics found that, in the general U.S. workforce, the percentage of employees testing positive for marijuana after an on-the-job accident reached a 25-year high in 2022, marking a steady overall 204.2 per cent increase from 2012. Katie Mueller of the National Safety Council [...]
Tanis Cortens: Though Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana with less dangerous substances such as testosterone and ketamine, strong evidence suggests the drug’s health risks are more significant than many realize. A November 2024 article in the American Journal of Public Health said cannabis use “can lead to a range of short- and long-term adverse cognitive, psychological, and physical outcomes.” Short-term harms include [...]
In the 1960s, Malcolm Muggeridge remarked that “sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.” In the heady days of the sexual revolution, his observation had a special force: it revealed, behind the relaxed, permissive posture of “free love” advocates, a concealed cultic reverence for the bodily pleasures that they elevated above all others. For [...]
Gideon Spevak: Queen’s Park is taking an increasing interest in the management of school boards throughout the province of Ontario. In April, Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra announced a provincial supervisor would be appointed to take over the Thames Valley District School Board serving the London, Ont., area in southwestern Ontario, for the reason of financial mismanagement within the board. A provincial [...]
Oswald Clark: On Nov. 25, the U.S. State Department’s annual report on human rights practices in foreign countries stated it would classify state-sponsored abortions as human rights abuses. Also, among human rights violations, the State Department will highlight in its annual country reviews sex change treatments for minors, arrests for hate speech, government DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hiring practices, and the [...]
Donald DeMarco: G. K. Chesterton suggested that an extraterrestrial explorer will find proof of intelligence on some distant planet when he discovers a tablet on which is inscribed the injunction, “Thou shall not kill.” Chesterton was not so much impressed with technological accomplishments as expressions of intelligence. He was inferring that the ultimate expression of intelligence among a people is that they [...]