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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,...
Editor's Corner
Camillus’ Revolution
Today marks the 228th anniversary of the official beginning of the French Revolution, back in 1789 with the storming of the Bastille prison. Much ado is made of this 'storming', even though there were...
Nota in Brevis
July 14th, 2017
Saint Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614), former soldier, gambler, sinner, then revert, nurse, dedicated carer for the sick, and saint. Also a contemporary and a penitent of Saint Philip Neri.
Today also marks the anniversary of...
Editor's Corner
Thought Control, Khadr and King Henry the Emperor
I have an article published this morning in Crisis magazine, on a quartet of totalitarian thought-control laws recently passed here in Canada. Feel free to peruse and comment. One of the purposes of this...
