Canadian banking system through the eyes of a 12 year old

While we’re on the subject of kids speaking their minds, here’s a great speech by Victoria Grant about the financial system in Canada and the national debt. Come on.  You can follow a 12 year old’s logic…

Fracking

Virginia seems to be the first of several states to ban the use of Fracking, which is a gas extraction method involving the forced cracking and fracturing of rock substrata.  Environmental groups have been saying for years that Fracking led to contamination of ground water and a possible link to seismic disruptions.  In the award [...]

Nine year old shows up most Christians

I agree that it is not fair to compare most Christians to the wackos at Westboro Baptist Church.  They are extreme fundamentalists and quite honestly really have to be regarded as emotionally or mentally disturbed.  Criticizing them cannot be legitimately regarded as a criticism of Christianity in general. But recently, nine year old Josef Miles [...]

Trayvon Martin gun range targets

Is it possible to come up with a better example of the cesspool of moral bankruptcy that exists in pockets of the U.S.?  I think not. These shooting range targets were designed and printed by an individual who openly admitted that his intent was to make money off the controversy.  You can easily imagine one [...]

Justin Trudeau

The temptation of a desperate party would be to grasp at a perceived opportunity without patience.  That’s a common result of desperation.  However, to draft Justin Trudeau into the leadership because of charisma and youthful vitality would be a mistake. I like Justin Trudeau.  He will, eventually, probably be a powerful force withing the Canadian [...]

North Carolina’s Amendment 1

Freedom and democracy are when a duly elected legislature can vote on a question or a law, come to a resolution and then enact that law.  Why would a group want to insert a state constitutional amendment that restricts the legislature’s ability to do just that?  Why not have a straight up vote?  A constitutional [...]

“Life Is Wasted Without Jesus”

Once again we see a fundamentally different culture between the way the U.S. and Canada behave towards a potential problem. Last week a 19 year old Grade 12 student (?!) was suspended for wearing a t-shirt to school which stated “Life is wasted without Jesus.”  The argument was twofold.  The first was that the school [...]

Mayor Ford and “FenceGate”

So there’s a pretty polarized debate happening in a dozen places or so about Daniel Dale and his evening investigation which resulted in Rob Ford charging him and threatening him with a clenched fist. One side claims that the Star is out to get Ford and sent the reporter to provoke him.  They say that [...]

“Bully” Review

I finally got arouind to seeing Bully, the Lee Hirsch film about children being bullied in American schools. I simply do not comprehend anyone feeling that this film deserves an “R” rating, as it was given in the States, and commend the more mature response that it received in Canada.  The amount of bad language [...]

The KONY Question

What is it about Joseph Kony that makes him impervious to public opinion in the Western World? Last weekend’s “Cover the Night” campaign fizzled.  An attempt to show how social media could mobilize support for a cause only demonstrated the apathy that seems to be epidemic in our society.  Was it the fact that the [...]

Canadian Majority Government Does Not Reflect Any Majority

Once again I’m going to question Canada’s Parliamentary system, where a political party can hold a majority government when more people voted against it in the most recent election than voted for it.  Also, in current polling, only 32% of the population say that they approve of the government, while the NDP can claim 33%. [...]

Gun Control Priorities

According to the latest Macleans magazine, Tampa, Fla. is gearing up for the summer Republican convention by banning weapons from the downtown area.  Things like slingshots, paintball guns and switchblades have made a prohibited list and will not be allowed. However, state law prevents any city from regulating the possession of actual guns, and so [...]