A common carp against the pro-life movement is that “we only care about babies in the womb.” This disingenuous dig is not heard much anymore, in part because the callous practice of euthanasia has expanded so quickly, and in part because the incoherence of the criticism is more than faintly embarrassing. Advocates for automotive safety focus their attention on the reduction of [...]
Paul Tuns, Review I … Do? Why Marriage Still Matters by Andrea Mrozek and Peter Jon Mitchell (Cascade Books, 115 pages, $30 paperback) Andrea Mrozek and Peter Jon Mitchell are with the Canadian Christian think tank Cardus and their recent book I … Do? is an important and timely little tract on the why marriage matters – or more accurately, why it is [...]
The Interim went to press days before the April 28 federal election and whatever the results, there does not appear to be much good news for pro-lifers. As we report on page 10, the Conservatives and Liberals are both committed to the abortion and euthanasia status quo which kills more than 100,000 preborn children and 15,000 vulnerable patients annually. It is a [...]
No aborted baby parts to be used in NIH research Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine, economics, and health research at Stanford University, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new Director of the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya came to international recognition and criticism when he co-authored, with Dr. Sunetra Gupta and Dr. Martin Kulldorff, The Great Barrington [...]
At what point will the size of Canada’s so-called “Medical Assistance in Dying” program become cause for alarm? What percentage of our vulnerable, elderly, infirm, or disabled fellow citizens need to choose death (or have it chosen for them) before we feel chastened by our outrageous indifference, and our national conscience is, at long last, pricked? The statistics for 2023—which, curiously enough, [...]
Joanna Alphonso: The largest study of its kind on lifetime cannabis use and brain function was published in JAMA Network Open this past January. The study included 1003 young adult participants ages 22 to 36 of varying cannabis consumption. Heavy users were considered to have used cannabis more than 1000 times. Moderate users were participants who have used it 10 to 999 [...]
Rory Leishman: Statistics Canada projects that for the first time in the history of Confederation the total population of Canada will decline this year. What accounts for this momentous turnaround from rapid population growth to impending decline? According to Statistics Canada, the immediate cause was the sudden about-face on immigration last year by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Instead [...]
Paul Tuns: Manitoba Justice Minister Matt Wiebe tabled a government bill that, if passed, would enshrine “gender expression” in the province’s Human Rights Code, and “cover anything from behavior or appearance, such as dress, hair, make-up, body language and voice.” The NDP government of Wab Kinew introduced Bill 43, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, on March 18, adding “gender expression” to [...]
Victor Penney: Interim writer Victor Penney, Sporting Life It was the best of tweets, it was the worst of tweets. It was a pearl of wisdom, it was a moment of misguided masculinity. It was a tale of two men that began with a social media post by one of the most controversial influencers on the internet. On Feb. 16, [...]
Jonathan Van Maren: In a truly absurd story that serves as a microcosm of the battle over Canada’s soul, the Christian Heritage Party (CHP) is facing off with the City of Hamilton … over an ad that depicts a smiling young woman, and the dictionary definition: “Woman: An Adult Female.” The ad was submitted by CHP Hamilton in January 2023 to Outfront [...]
The Detransition Diaries Jennifer Lahl and Kallie Fell (Ignatius Press, $24.95, 246 pages) Documentarian Jennifer Lahl (Trans Mission) and perinatal nurse Kallie Fell have written a short, powerful, timely argument against transgender ideology. There are several short chapters on issues surrounding gender dysphoria such as “The rise of the gender-affirmation movement,” “Lessons not learned from medical abuses,” “Why is the trend higher among [...]
Donald DeMarco: The Fifth Annual Report on It was just another game in the long 162 marathon that is the season of baseball. Or was it? Boston Red Sox first baseman Pat Stapleton came to bat in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox with the score tied 2-2. Stapleton hit a line-drive that would have been far less memorable if [...]
Victor Penny: Interim writer Victor Penney, Sporting Life Donald Trump has driven a stake deep into the heart of the woke agenda. On Feb. 5, the U.S. President signed an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The concept is straightforward: male athletes are now banned from participating in athletic competitions that are exclusively for girls and women. [...]
Mary Zwicker: Individuals who suffer from gender confusion are more likely to be on the autism spectrum and vice versa, studies reveal. Various studies have demonstrated a link between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and gender confusion, revealing that a higher percentage of gender confused individuals are on the autism spectrum compared to “cis-gender” people, while at the same time, higher numbers of [...]
Sarah Stilton Review: Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari (Signal, $45, 492 pages) Yuval Noah Harari is something of a rock star public intellectual who burst onto the scene with his 2014 book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, originally published in Hebrew in 2011. Previously a military historian, the Oxford-trained [...]