Tony Gosgnach The Interim He’s known as the “blue-eyed prince of soul” – a leading performer on the Toronto music scene for four decades, who has played with numerous musical legends, including Canadian music hall of famer (and Guess Who guitarist) Dominic Troiano. He has also recorded at the famous Chess studios in Chicago and has even had one of his albums [...]
Paul Tuns The Interim When George Weigel was writing the definitive (thus far) biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope, he posted a note on his computer that said simply: “It’s the theology, stupid.” It was easy to get caught up in John Paul’s celebrity status, his globe-trotting and the history-changing role he played in geopolitical affairs. Indeed, this is [...]
Sex Education: How to Guide Your Child Through the Minefield by Jan Bracken (Essence Publishing, 244 pages, $19.95) Alex Schadenberg Sex education in the public schools has caused many Christian parents to become concerned with what and how their children are being taught about sex. Many horror stories have been heard about teachers who have taught their students inappropriate information in the [...]
Grace Petrasek The Interim When Robert Hinchey first decided to carry a sign as a witness for life behind a Morgentaler abortuary in the 1980s, he thought: “Wouldn’t it be nice if, just once, I could talk to a woman and help save her baby from abortion?” He need not have worried. Since then, he’s talked to hundreds of women and helped [...]
John-Henry Westen Special to The Interim Newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, unlike his predecessor John Paul II prior to his election, comes to lead the Catholic church after spending the last 24 years in the public eye as the head of the most important office in that church – the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. As such, his teachings on [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim Mark Crutcher is the founder and president of Life Dynamics Inc., a Denton-Tx.-based organization founded in 1991. LDI has become known for its Abortion Malpractice Program, the Direct Mail program and various undercover investigations into the U.S. abortion industry. Those investigations have revealed, among other things, a trade in human body parts and cover-ups of pedophiles and child [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim Between them, they’ve quietly filled almost every role a faith-filled, pro-life, pro-family person could play over the course of the past several decades – REAL Women of Canada’s first president, active Physicians for Life member, picketer for over 20 years at a hospital that commits abortions, candidate for, and deputy leader of, Ontario’s Family Coalition Party, public relations [...]
The Faces of Origins: A Historical Survey of the Underlying Assumptions from the Early Church to Postmodernism by David Herbert M.A., M.Div., Ed.D. (Citizens Concerned about Education and Origins, $20, 130 pages) Review by Alex Schadenberg The Interim David Herbert is a retired teacher in London, Ont., who has focused 20 years of research on issues related to creation and evolution in [...]
Christina Tuns My Darling Baby: Over the past couple of weeks I have been reminded how quickly one can go from saying I can’t wait for this pregnancy to be over to I just want to be pregnant as long as possible. A couple of weeks ago during one of my regular doctor’s visits, we discovered that my blood pressure was a [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim He survived not just one, but two, major threats to his life even before he was born. Partially in response to his life being spared, Tom Kelly in later years has gone about working to secure for all people the right to life he has been able to enjoy. That has included a stint as the president of [...]
Canada Justice Minister Irwin Cotler introduces Bill C-38, the government’s legislation to redefine marriage to include homosexual couples. International Trade Minister Jim Peterson co-sponsors the bill ... Conservative leader Stephen Harper puts forth a motion to amend C-38 to maintain the legal definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, with the [...]
David Bolton The Interim Among the latest Hollywood film offerings is Kinsey - a sanitized, celebratory biography of sexologist Alfred Kinsey, starring Liam Neeson in the title role. This film is another attempt to whitewash the career of this "research scientist," who in actual fact, was a notorious sexual deviant skewing research data to promote a perverse agenda. While Hollywood celebrates Kinsey's [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim The Bell Globemedia conglomerate took another kick at pro-life, pro-family Canadians recently with the airing of a made-for-TV movie lionizing Canada's most notorious abortionist, Henry Morgentaler. Broadcast by its CTV television component on Jan. 5, Choice purported to recount the "tumultuous life story" of Morgentaler, who was credited with leading the "movement that ultimately changed abortion laws in [...]
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World by Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs ) Reviewed by Alex Schadenberg The Interim Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World (Brave New World) is Wesley J. Smith's latest book. Smith, a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute and the legal [...]
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New Worldby Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs ) Reviewed by Alex Schadenberg The Interim Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World (Brave New World) is Wesley J. Smith's latest book. Smith, a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute and the legal counsel [...]