Sep

11

9/11 +5

September 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I am reading a wonderful book called How the Scots Invented the Modern World. It is, more or less, a history of the Scotish Enlightenment. David Hume, Adam Smith, the invention of the liberal imagination.
The Scottish Enlightenment occured in reaction to something and that something was the strict Presbyterianism inflicted upon much of Scotland by […]

Sep

10

Not Quite Awake Yet…Read this

September 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I’m going to be posting my own 9/11 piece a bit later or tomorrow. For the moment get a mug of coffee or a nice cold beer and go and read this: Why We Cannot Rely on Moderate Muslims.

Sep

8

58.35% of Canadians believe Christmas comes from Canada Tire

September 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration for its international actions than other Canadians, a recent poll suggests.cbc via yahoo
Canadians, if given the option, will blame Americans for the high price […]

Sep

8

Nice to have Rick Mercer back

September 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Agenda for Historic Peace talks between Jack Layton and Taliban leader - room 202 Casino Du Lac Leamy, Quebec
8:00 am – Jack Layton opening comments and welcome to assembled media and Taliban representative.
8:05 am – Taliban representative walks to podium, poses for photographs with Mr. Layton.
8:06 am – Taliban representative cleaves Mr. Layton in the […]

Sep

8

Blair

September 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

It looks as if the Clare Short wing of the Labour Party is finally going to push Tony Blair from office. They simply cannot put up with blair’s ability to see the world in terms not inconsistent with GWB.
Now, as my friend Kevin Grace - who cannot stand Blair - points out Tony Blair is […]

Sep

8

Rethinking Education

September 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Part of the reason susan and I want to homeschool Sam and Max lies in the way that the education system has become one of the last holdouts of the industrial era. You put raw material (your kids) in at one end and, thirteen years later, out they pop. Educated. Socialized.
Er, well, no.
In fact […]

Sep

7

The horror

September 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment

SDA points to a new hospital gown introduced in England which brings the burka to the gurney. Yawn…
However, the real atrocity occurs in this lovely bit of English:
The blue “Inter-Faith Gown” is the first of its type in Britain and has been trialled at the Royal Preston Hospital. It will be available to […]

Sep

7

D-Day

September 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment

September 5 arrived. First day of school.
Six months of research and reflection have convinced us that home schooling Sam is pretty much the way to go. We’ll review the decision at the end of the year.
What it comes down to is not the quality of the schools - in Victoria most of the schools […]

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