Getting whipped up about the rising tide of “crime” appears to be all the rage in Canada these days. The media is filled with stories and opinion pieces which are intended to convince us that our streets have become a brewing cauldron of violence. There are now major newspaper and radio and television stations for whom news broadcasts have become little more [...]
Well, the ignoramuses were let loose in Montreal recently and when they were done, two-year-old Jessica Dos Santos was expelled from daycare. Never mind that she has HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS, or that her mother did not inform the daycare workers of her illness. What business is it of theirs? The nervy owner of Les Petits Lutins daycare asked [...]
It took only 10 hours for jurors to find suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian not guilty of violating Michigan’s ban on assisted suicide. Kevorkian, 65, had been charged with helping Thomas Hyde of Novi, Michigan to commit suicide last August. Kevorkian said he was “elated” by the May 2 decision. The verdict was seen as a watershed for euthanasia supporters while an anti-euthanasia [...]
Lost among the problems of drug use and violence, abortion claims the lives of a thousand black children a day . Black politicians, community leaders and people from the entertainment industry met last year for an anti-violence summit meeting in Washington D.C. They were there to discuss the growing violence and despair in their community and search for ways to rediscover the [...]
It’s taken a while but the story linking abortion and breast cancer is finally starting to get out. As breast cancer rates soar – one in nine women will get it in her lifetime – study after study confirms the link. But because of the nature of the issue involved, the effect abortion has on breast cancer is very seldom discussed publicly. [...]
Mike Harris’ conservative Party will win next spring’s Ontario provincial election. Remember you read it first in this humble scribe’s column. (I should warn you that I was the guy who predicted that I would never lose my hair.) Do you know what’s going to win the day for Harris? The “same-sex” issue. Harris cleverly trotted the issue out in a recent [...]
I once read that as one gets older all Christmas memories blend into one. There is some truth in this saying, but there are certain Christmases that stand out in one’s memory as clearly today, as decades ago. For me, Christmas 1943 is such a memory. It was war-time in England, and Christmas shopping was very different from today. Not only was [...]
Terry Anderson (New York, Crown Publishers, pp320, $29.95) How long could you stay sane locked in leg irons, blindfolded, housed on little more than a mattress, fearing torture and death at the whim of your captors, uncertain whether the person you love the most will be waiting for you should you survive? One year? Two? Three at the most? On March 16, [...]
They say that testing will be able to foretell a person’s future pattern of illness. Maybe there are benefits, but what are the dangers to society? M.Y., Toronto I can foresee books written in answer to this question. In brief, I suppose, it will depend on who gets the information. Some genetic disorders are more prevalent in identifiable populations, ethnic groups from [...]
The following is a selection of the top 10 pro-life events and happenings in this country in the past year. They are in no particular order but illustrate the ups and downs of the movement as it strives to change the hearts and minds of Canadians and to get society to adopt a respect for all life. On September 30, a 5-4 [...]
Lawyers are calling it the most important civil rights case of the decade. The Ontario Attorney General is trying to persuade the courts to grant a blanket injunction banning pro-life activity in front of 23 locations across the province this month. As well as the injunction, Attorney General Marion Boyd has also singled out 18 pro-lifers from across the province and launched a [...]
The Gay Issue, 40 min. $25.00 (1993) With The Homosexual Challenge by Dr. Don Faris ($12 per book). Video and book combined: $29.95. From Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (905) 479-5885. Understanding Homosexuality and the Reality of Change, 60 min. $29.95 U.S. (1993) From Impact Resources Corp. 1 (800) 333-6475. We all know former alcoholics, people who have escaped from a history of [...]
The latest government intrusion into the classroom poses a special threat to religious and private schools as well as to people who teach their kids at home, parents and teachers warn. The Common Curriculum, which is being developed and implemented at a rapid pace by the Ministry of Education and local school boards, is intended as a major restructuring of the way [...]
Parents must relinquish power as new guidelines mold Ontario’s children into little New Democrats Parents in Ontario are bracing for major changes in their schools over the next three years with the release of the Common Curriculum, an “outcomes-based” strategy for teaching students. It doesn’t matter whether the school is public, separate, private or at home, the document handed down by the [...]
What exactly are human embryos? The Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies was forced to consider this question for a very basic reason: part of its mandate was to decide what to do about embryo research. There has been a decided push in the last several years to encourage public acceptance of experimentation on human embryos. Ever since In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) [...]