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Editor's Corner
Of Irenicism and Arachnids
I have been asked by a reader to comment on two recent Ottawa-related themes:
The first is our Prime Minister's participation in the rites and rituals of other faiths, and by 'other', I mean other...
Editor's Corner
Bach’s Musical Offering
Today marks the 267th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, who passed into eternity this day in 1750, after a rather barbaric and unsuccessful attempt at eye surgery to heal his progressive...
Editorials
Saint James and the Reconquista
Before we leave Saint James the Greater and polygamy behind for now, two further factoids that came across my attention:Â It seems the Mormons claim in their own tradition that the same very James,...
Nota in Brevis
Blackmore’s Conviction and Ignorance of History
So it turns out that Winston Blackmore, along with his sidekick in polygamy James Oler, has been convicted, a good thing I suppose, but the decision is already being appealed, and will this whole...
Editor's Corner
Security, Saintliness and Serious Polygamy
I joked of 'fortress U.S.A.' in a text message as my travelling companion and I drove through the desolate countryside south of Winnipeg. On the return journey of a cross-Canada drive, we had decided...
Editor's Corner
Of Conscience and Rights
Yesterday, Dr. Sephora Tang, a young psychiatrist plying her trade in Ottawa, whom I happen to know, was on the CBC's Ontario Today defending conscience rights of physicians, especially in the face of the...
Editor's Corner
Forest Fires’ Footprint
I write driving (as a passenger, not to worry) through the majestic scenery of the Canadian Rockies, the views surreally obscured by the smoke of nearby raging forest fires, a natural occurrence which normally...
Articles
Thought Control Totalitarianism, in Canada?
We here in the grand Dominion of Canada have passed some very bad laws of late, sadly during what should be an otherwise celebratory 150th anniversary year. There was the June 2016 legalization of euthanasia,...
