Charges of criminal libel by Calgary Police against a local man for opinions expressed on his website will and should send a chill up the spine of all of us who use the web to express our views in one of the few democratic forums open to us.  Websites, such as mine, are opinion driven [...]

Continue reading...

Toronto is a major film producing city yet the production values at the G20 summit left much to be desired.  First the placing of the police cruisers to be fired was too static.  The director failed to convey any sense of motivation for their presence;  they stood awkwardly at center stage like a nervous young [...]

Continue reading...

Arizona wants to keep out illegal aliens.  To accomplish this the state has passed a law requiring citizens to prove legal residency in the United States when asked to do so by police.  Police are now able to request such proof if they have a ‘reasonable suspicion’ that the person before them is an illegal [...]

Continue reading...

Video evidence has been released following the conviction of five of the so-called Toronto 18.  Seven of the group were previously released and six are yet to face trial.  As the evidence involved does not show any of the men still awaiting trial the judge released the images.  One video shows an explosion in a [...]

Continue reading...

Tokens come in many forms.  They can express what words cannot and cause memories to rush back.  But tokens can also be an evil thing.  Any of us old enough to remember the civil rights movement, who are active in the feminist movement and the still struggling gay rights movements know that tokens are also [...]

Continue reading...

Child abuse is the most abhorrent crime I can conceive.  If ever a crime demanded a zero tolerance policy, the abuse of the most vulnerable members of our community qualifies without question.  Physical and sexual abuse speaks for itself.  But what about psychological abuse?  Twisting a child’s psyche is often the most difficult form of [...]

Continue reading...

Everyday I am reminded by the media, and by my students who have bought this line of thinking as gospel, that the world is changing rapidly and if you blink you won’t recognize what you see when you open your eyes.  They smirk and roll their eyes when I tell them that not much has [...]

Continue reading...