Politics Articles
U.S. mid-term elections offer mixed results to social conservatives
It is too easy to equate Republican losses in the mid-term elections with a defeat for pro-life and other socially [...]
Social conservatism and the U.S. midterms
The American mainstream media, left-wing Democrats and pro-abortion and gay rights activists, all claimed that the Religious Right was repudiated [...]
Bungling Bob Rae
I warn readers that I just had one of my most outrageous and embarrassing dreams ever. The dream started [...]
Coulter, in new book, takes aim at the godless liberal-left
Godless: The Church of Liberalism by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum, $36.95, 308 pages) Review by Kathy Shaidle The Interim Those [...]
NDP MP fails to decry vicious slam at ‘nut Christians’
On Oct. 12, NDP MP Tony Martin held a town hall meeting for his constituents in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. [...]
Ottawa cuts special interest funding
Court Challenges Program eliminated, Status of Women chopped Interim Staff When the Harper Conservative government announced $1 billion in spending [...]
Ottawa steps in the right direction
Tories deliver in several important areas Many social conservatives did not have high expectations for the first term of a [...]
Shenanigans
It’s hard writing about Queen’s Park, an institution that needs 175 Peter Kormoses to liven it up. This is a [...]
New Brunswick election results in new pro-life MLAs
There is considerable support for the pro-life cause in the 55-seat New Brunswick Legislature, following the Sept. 18 provincial election [...]
Liberal leadership hopefuls avoid moral issues
Nearly nine months into an interminably long Liberal leadership campaign, moral issues have made nary a mark. Looking at the [...]
How to win my leadership vote
I borrowed $10 from my wife, Ileen, for a Liberal party membership in order to pick the new leader of [...]
The Menace of Judicial Activism – Question and answer with: Rory Leishman
Editor-in-chief Paul Tuns interviewed Against Judicial Activism author and Interim columnist Rory Leishman via e-mail The Interim: What is judicial [...]
The Menace of Judicial Activism – Judical activism under scrutiny
Against Judicial Activism: The Decline of Freedom and Democracy in Canada by Rory Leishman (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006. 310 pp.) [...]
There is good reason to hope for pro-life gains
So far, Canada’s new Conservative government has done precious little to promote the sanctity of human life, but pro-lifers should [...]
MP proves himself a false prophet
Despite scoffs, polygamy does follow same-sex ‘marriage’ Among serious Catholics in our riding, Tony Martin is known as “the Irish [...]