Guest Column

Outdoor Fire Pit Appetite For Real Wood A Major Contributor To Summer Smog

Trendy and stylish cast iron fire pits and ceramic chimineas that adorn many a homeowner’s back deck or cottage lot add summer evening warmth and ambiance, but they come with a heavy appetite for real wood – a proven contributor to summer smog.

Putin’s New Evil Empire

Edward Lucas, Standpointmag.co.uk Few things make the bien pensants more uneasy than talk of right and wrong. They flinched when Ronald Reagan called the Soviet bloc, rightly, the «evil empire».

People power always prevails

Wilf Mbanga, The Zimbabwean It is imperative that every Zimbabwean cast their ballot for the candidate of their choice on Friday. Mugabe’s brutal thugs have been terrorizing the whole country; beating, raping and murdering our countrymen with the sole aim of terrorizing them into voting for his illegitimate regime.

Hezbollah Poised to Strike?

By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS, ABC NEWS Intelligence agencies in the United States and Canada are warning of mounting signs that Hezbollah, backed by Iran, is poised to mount a terror attack against "Jewish targets" somewhere outside the Middle East

Obama in Canada: ‘Uncle Rocky’ and his Burlington family ties

If you've taken the Queen Elizabeth Way from Toronto to Niagara Falls you know what Barack Obama, the potential next leader of the free world, faced in August 2004 when he made the sometimes white-knuckle drive with his wife Michelle.

Do your bit to help Zimbabweans vote Mugabe out

Wilf Mbanga Publisher and Editor, The Zimbabwean Zimbabwe has descended into unparalleled levels of media censorship. The Mugabe military junta is determined to cut Zimbabweans off from the rest of the world by ensuring that they are unable to receive news from outside Zimbabwe about what is happening in their own country.

Makes renewed threats

By Our Correspondent, The Zimbabwe Times HARARE - President Robert Mugabe on Saturday stood on the most sacred ground in Zimbabwe, the National Heroes’ Acre and threatened to take Zimbabwe to war.

University revokes Mugabe’s degree

By Our Correspondent, The Zimbabwe Times BOSTON - The University of Massachusetts has finally resolved an issue that had bedevilled the institution for a year while it sought to sever an embarrassing link with a dictator it once honoured on assumption he was an exemplary leader.

Brussels Wants “Voluntary” Labeling of Blogs

A quote from a motion for a resolution at the European Parliament:

EU tries to isolate Irish after treaty rejection

Ian Traynor in Brussels and Henry McDonald in Dublin, Guardian.co.uk Ministers insist other countries must ratify deal despite Ireland's 'no' vote

Ontario Legislature Shoots Down Proposal by “Catholic” Premier to Scrap Lord’s Prayer

By Tim Waggoner and Steve Jalsevac, Lifesitenews.com Despite intense lobbying efforts by Ontario's premier, the Ontario legislature has voted by an overwhelming 58-0 in favour of keeping its daily reading of the Lord's Prayer.

Ozone Technology Designed As a Solution to Prevent Salmonella Outbreaks

Aquentium, Inc. announced today that the company's ozone technology is designed as a solution to prevent salmonella outbreaks. The Aquentium line of ozone equipment provides a natural, non-chemical process for food processing.

French youths clash with police

Lille - Dozens of French youths clashed with police in a town in northeast France overnight, burning cars during a rampage triggered by the killing of a 22-year-old man, an official said on Sunday.

Barack Obama throws a billion Muslims under the bus

JihadWatch.com As noted here yesterday, Barack Obama's half-brother Malik says that the candidate has a "Muslim background."

Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir proves Dubai Does not run the show

Islamabad - Renowned Geo anchor Hamid Mir once again moved his famous show “Capital Talk” to the road here on Friday after the programme was stopped from being aired by Dubai authorities under pressure from the presidency. Instead of watching the show on TV at home, a huge crowd watched it on the street as people thronged the Parade Ground, the final destination of the long march. As it happens, the Geo office is just a few yards away from the Parade Ground.

Obama-Sebelius ‘08

I have reason to believe Barack Obama will pick a woman to be his running mate. It just won’t be Hillary Clinton.

The residential school money pit

By Don Sandberg, Aboriginal Policy Fellow, Frontier Centre for Public Policy The residential school years were, without doubt, a terrible experience for some native students. One can only imagine the torment of being unable to escape one’s abusers. Today many still suffer the effects of being molested by those who preached right and wrong. But not all students suffered; some gained much by being able to attend these institutions.

Parks Suspicious of Gov. Patrick “Initiative”

With the news of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's $1 billion initiative to "woo" biotech businesses to The Bay State, not all are blindly cheering.

Israel’s ambassador says Britain has become a hotbed of radical anti-Israeli feeling

By Martin Beckford, The Telegraph Britain has become a hotbed of radical anti-Israeli views, according to the country's envoy to London.

Islamic Textbook Teaches It’s OK to Kill

CBNNews.com - A federal investigation released Wednesday reveals that some Islamic textbooks are teaching kids it's okay to kill adulterers and converts from Islam.