Guest Column

Dog Dials 911 When Owner Has Seizure

PHOENIX — "Man's best friend" may not cut it for a Scottsdale dog named Buddy — a trained German shepherd who saved his owner's life by dialing 911 when he began having a seizure, police said Sunday

Poll suggests Harper could be headed for majority

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper may be closing in on his coveted majority despite being plagued by a series of miscues and bad news during the first week of the federal election campaign.

Who is the Pontius Pilate here? (Charlie Gibson is)

By Mark Andrew Dwyer ABC’s anchor, Charlie Gibson, showed us how sensitive, tolerant, and respectful a true Liberal is. Well, except when he has a chance to grill a Conservative.

Obama And 9/11

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY The Anniversary: Eight days after terrorism declared war on America, a young state senator blamed it on "a failure of empathy" — yet another reason why Barack Obama should never be commander in chief.

Zoologists capture first photos of okapi in wild

LONDON (AP) - Zoologists have captured the first photos of the okapi in the wild, saying Thursday they offered evidence that the animal once mistaken for a unicorn has managed to survive war and poaching in a park in a lawless swath of Congo.

Orthodox Christianity under threat

When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and his Islamic-rooted party came under fierce fire this summer from secularists, who came close to persuading the country's supreme court to bar both from politics, he called the campaign an attack against religious freedom and a threat to Turkey's efforts to join the European Union.

Palin Shops at Thrift Store - Vogue Editor and Calvin Klein Hold Fundraiser for Elitist Michelle

The famously liberal New York fashion establishment seems to have paid little attention to Gov. Palin while publicly embracing Barack and Michelle Obama. Vogue Editor Anna Wintour and designer Calvin Klein held a fund-raiser for the Democratic nominee in June, and more than a dozen designers, including Diane von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, Narciso Rodriguez, Tory Burch and Isaac Mizrahi, have designed T-shirts and other merchandise for the Obama Web site.” No wonder elites (snobs) hate Palin!

Seabuckthorn International Inc Announces Combined Seabuckthorn Nutritional Oil Capsules

Seabuckthorn International Inc is pleased to announce the introduction of SBT Single Source™, a one-gram capsule combining SBT Seabuckthorn Seed and Fruit Oils in equal proportions. SII’s first new product announcement in two years, SBT Single Source™ is certified organic and contains certified values of Omegas 3, 6, 7 and 9; the full spectrum of tocopherols (Vitamin E); 18 carotenoids, 17 phytosterols and 8 phospholipids - a combination unmatched by any other single-source supplement oil on the market. Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) is a high potency botanical whose fruit and seed oils contain over 100 bioactive ingredients (nutrients that act positively on the body) including anti-oxidants such as Vitamin E, cholesterol fighting phytosterols, and a high proportion of the anti-aging palmitoleic fatty acid.

Remembrance to Vigilance Have We Forgotten Too Much?

By Scott W. Winchell, SVP; Gerard Group International, Inc. This morning, a very clear, bright, cloudless morning, not unlike that fateful day in 2001 when our lives were changed forever, I am especially sad. Though it has no bearing on others, one point does make it that much worse, and I share this with many, many thousands world-wide, for today is my birthday.

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Some Would Rather Not Remember September 11th

The events that occurred seven years ago that resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent civilians were so calamitous and beyond our previous collective experience that we would be inhuman if we did not commemorate them.

Americans: Here’s what the CBC thinks of Gov. Sarah Palin

We thought we should let you know howCanadian Broadcasting Corporation thinks about Governor Sarah Paling.

Subway Attack by Allah-shouting Assailant Caught on Tape

PHILADELPHIA - September 8, 2008 - (WPVI) -- Police are asking the public for help in capturing a hammer-wielding attacker, who seemed to assault his prey for no apparent reason.

Dangerous human-caused warming can neither be demonstrated nor measured

There is no evidence, neither empirical nor theoretical, that carbon dioxide emissions from industrial and other human activities can have any effect on global climate. In addition, the claims so often made that there is a consensus among climate scientists that global warming is the result of increased man-made emissions of CO2, has no basis in fact.

Restoring the Rural-Urban Partnership

Don’t miss the first town hall meeting that is part of the CLA’s Sustainable Communities’ Strategy on Thursday, Sept 18, 7pm at the Carp Agricultural Society in Carp.

Court to hear arguments over Muslim cop’s scarf

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lawyers for a Philadelphia police officer who wants to wear a Muslim head scarf say department brass have no justifiable reason to make her take it off at work.

Andrew Lloyd-Webber says political correctness is stifling creativity

Andrew Lloyd-Webber has bemoaned the rise of political correctness in the arts, claiming some of his greatest musicals would never be written today for fear of offending minorities.

Florida Republican Women Officially Boycott Oprah

Standard Newswire/ -- On September 6, the Florida Federation of Republican Women called for a boycott of the Oprah Winfrey Show based upon Ms. Winfrey's refusal to have Governor Sarah Palin as a guest on Oprah until after the election, according to Linda Ivell, President of the FFRW.

STOP the Narco-Terrorist War

Beheadings, torture and assassinations are commonplace in Mexico and have now moved across the border into the U.S. We must have some straight talk and leadership from the White House and the rest of Washington to protect Americans and their children.

Iran’s Faltering Economy

While the international community focuses upon Iran's nuclear program, Iran's faltering economy dominates the Islamic Republic's domestic debate. In his 2005 election campaign, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad famously promised to bring Iran's "oil [money] to the table of every Iranian."