Edited by Brad Stetson, Praeger Publishers. The Silent Subject is a collection of fourteen essays looking at abortion from five perspectives: ethical, cultural, personal, religious and legal. All of these are interesting and informative, while some are so profoundly moving as to almost overshadow the rest of the book. The silent subject is both abortion and the unborn child itself. Brad Stetson [...]
Fr. Ted Colleton I have to thank the Lord and my Irish heritage for the fact that I have enjoyed excellent health for almost all my live---at least the physical level. However, I have to admit that I do suffer from a serious disease at the intellectual or psychological level. It is called “Plagiarism.” It comes from the Latin “plagiarius” which means [...]
I don’t put the blame on the politicians for lying- I put the blame on the people for believing them. Deputy prime minister Sheila Copps said in march 1996 regarding the hated GST tax: “if we don’t replace it, I will resign. I really don’t have much choice, it will be replaced.” Its still with us. Sheila has resigned but in her [...]
Could make air easier to breathe for children, unborn Interim Staff A tobacco products restriction act introduced by Toronto Senator Stanley Haidasz could play a part in better protecting unborn children from the effects of exposure to tars and nicotine. Bill S-5 requires cigarettes, cigars and loose tobacco to have a greatly reduced level of contaminants and additives. The bill would also [...]
When we think of mothers, chocolate chip cookies, cuddles on the couch and help with homework come to mind. But there is a whole other aspect of mothering that we need to think about this Mother’s day. And that is mother as Commander-in-chief. Mom firmly demanding that her five-year-old eat her vegetables and stay in bed at bedtime. Mom turning off an [...]
Proctologists, urologists, nurses, animal researchers all face various forms of abuse. A recent report by the American Medical Association puts to rest the notion that abortionists are the only health care personal being victimized by violence. The report, “Violence in the Medical Workplace: Prevention Strategies,” observes that the hospital emergency room personnel and psychiatrists—not abortionists—are the health care workers most susceptible to [...]
Frank Kennedy Mike Harris has got Bob Rae’s old “Gambling Disease.” Bob has it real bad and now poor Mike’s caught it. It’s death to family values. It makes greed and luck appear to be like winning the Boston Marathon. Bob Rae’s Windsor Casino has been a rousing success—some days people line up for hours to try to beat the work ethic. [...]
I have been traveling quite a lot lately by both air and train. I usually try to catch up with my reading when I do so, particularly newsletters from various pro-life groups. A few weeks ago I took with me one of the best newsletters I know, “Population Research Institute Review.” It always carries very well informed and interesting articles on various [...]
Opinion For Canadians, the reality of living side by side with the United States, “mouse to bear” to paraphrase Pierre Trudeau, has produced feelings of impotence and inferiority. To compensate, an illusion of moral superiority has evolved in Canada. Thus many Canadians, while acknowledging overall American dominance, silently feel morally superior. In reality, the current debate over abortion policy in the United [...]
An Environics Research poll prepared for Campaign Life Coalition reveals the majority of tax payers are opposed to seeing abortion covered under the Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan (OHIP). The poll, completed in November, asked Ontarians their opinions on the following question: “Keeping in mind that the funds must come from taxpayers, do you think the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) should pay [...]
Two comprehensive studies recently commissioned by The U.S. National Conference of Catholic Bishops demonstrate both media bias on the abortion issue and the continuing strength of the pro-life constituency south of the border. One of the studies’ findings shows that the pro-life movement is “unfairly disadvantaged in the court of public opinion,” says Helen Alvare, director of planning and information for the [...]
Christianity is barely addressed in the information and entertainment media these days. When acknowledged at all, it is most often treated as an object of scorn and derision. Christian faith is simply not part of life for the vast majority of those fictional characters portrayed on TV and in films. When Christian characters occasionally get written into screenplay plots, they are almost [...]
Workers on strike, students uncertain about the affordability of their education, families feeling the crunch of an increasingly hostile tax system, elderly worrying about their pensions—these are the problems which Canadians wake up to every day. The fact that no one seems to be realistically addressing these problems only adds to the crisis. At last, a window of hope may be opening [...]
Will Catholics and Evangelicals ever agree? Evangelicals and Catholics Together Charles Colson and Richard John Neuhaus Word Publishing, Dallas and Vancouver 236 pages; paperback; $14.99 US Reviewed by Joseph Woodard, Ph.D. It’s an old maxim that civil wars are the most vicious wars. But brothers fight not only with the greatest bitterness. They also show the greatest blindness toward “third party” threats. [...]
Some worry that new councils will push dangerous agendas while others sense yet another layer of bureaucracy. A number of Ontario parents are concerned over a Ministry of Education and Training plan to establish parent councils in every school in the province, The councils, expected to be in place by June, are touted as a way of increasing communication between schools and [...]