Guest Column

Gartner’s Top 10 Technologies of the Next Four Years

The lifespan of technology is such that it’s hard enough to buy a computer that will last you more than three years, let alone be state of the art after 6 months. So when Gartner Group – an information and technology research and advisory firm – releases their “Top 10 Technologies” list, it isn’t for “the next decade,” but rather “for the next four years.”

Inflatable Robots to visit Mars

Earth’s conquest exploration of Mars has been in the news a lot lately, with a veritable mass of ideas being floated for consideration. US soldiers want to go and stay, George Bush doesn’t want us going at all, and a lot just seem to want to see if there is any water.

Countdown to iPhone, v2

Only a year ago the Apple fandom was going berserk about rumors concerning what they hoped would be the smart phone to beat all smart phones; the iPhone. Apple fanboys and girls got their wishes granted, mostly, on June 29. On June 9 of this year, at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, will see a similar revelation, if technology analysts are correct.

Escape from Britain

Almost 700 Britons moved abroad every day last year, it was claimed last week. A record 250,000 emigrated in 2007 many because they wanted to escape the high level of crime and taxes.

To Stop Cancer, Eat Rosemary with your Steak

There will come a time when I will be in a position to afford to build the house of my dreams. The costs will be split into quarters; one quarter will go to my garden, one quarter will go to my library, one quarter will go to my kitchen, leaving the last quarter to build the rest of my house. My priorities are straight – books first then food (my garden will feed me, in addition to having a top notch BBQ area).

Canada’s sorry state of affairs

By Asian Pacific Post Somewhere in the political maze that is Ottawa, there is a door with a sign that says, Community Historical Recognition Program.

Glendale Veterinary gets national press

As one of the first veterinarians in Canada to offer the benefits of low-laser therapy for pain relief for cats and dogs, Dr. Cathy Hooper at Glendale Veterinary Hospital in Caledon was recently visited by Macleans magazine, which wanted a first-hand perspective on this drug-free approach to pain relief.

Qur’an critic to be executed in Iran within days

Another free thinker is to be executed in Iran in the coming days It is with great regret that I inform all freedom loving people of the world that the Mullahs' terrorist regime is about to execute one of Iran's finest thinkers, a true patriot, scholar and historian.

Islamic school imbroglio takes new turn in Australia

By Neena Bhandari, NewKerala.com A new dimension has been added to the ongoing furore over the rejection of a plan to build an Islamic school on Sydney's south-western fringes by some muslims warning that it would lead to extremist Islamic teaching.

Carbon Chastity

By Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post I'm not a global warming believer. I'm not a global warming denier. I'm a global warming agnostic who believes instinctively that it can't be very good to pump lots of CO2into the atmosphere but is equally convinced that those who presume to know exactly where that leads are talking through their hats.

Letters: Marine Major Fred Galvin’s Case

From Family Security Matters I would like to thank you for the first truthful and “positive” article re: my brother Fred Galvin’s case.

What Do Obama & I Have In Common?

I came across Stanley Kurtz’s article on Barack Obama’s history with the Association of Organizations for Community Reform Now (ACORN) on National Review Online.

SUN Contract: Enough Already

REGINA: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on the province and health regions not to cave into excessive demands from the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN).

The Not Democratic Party of Manitoba

Editor's note: Originally published in the Globe and Mail, May 21, 2008. Tommy Douglas would be turning over in his grave if he saw legislation introduced earlier this month by Manitoba’s NDP government.

Jim Crow energy policies

The US civil rights revolution of the 1950s and ‘60s was one of the greatest social and political liberations in history. It gave African Americans and other minorities new opportunities and new levels of success in virtually every walk of life.

Armed men torch newspapers

BY STAFF REPORTERS, The Zimbabwean For South African driver, Christmas Ramabulana, the weekly journey to Harare to deliver The Zimbabwean is normally an exercise in patient endurance. It is a long haul with his precious cargo of independent news for information-starved Zimbabweans. Formalities at the border can often take an excruciating 10-12 hour wait in the queue of trucks. And then there is the pot-hole ridden road northwards for 550kms. Week after week.

Firearms owners FIRE BACK against Toronto Mayor David Miller

In an unprecedented move, Canadian firearms owners have fired the next salvo in Toronto Mayor David Miller’s vicious war of extermination against Canada’s trustworthy firearms owners. On May 26th, Mayor Miller announced he would push forward a resolution to ban sport shooting clubs and businesses from the City of Toronto.

Vets Install Pacemaker In Search-and-Rescue Dog

From Foxnews.com COLUMBIA, Mo — After years of helping authorities look for murder victims and survivors of natural disasters, a search-and-rescue dog named Molly has been rescued herself.

The Ahmed Bedier I Know

Joe Kaufman, FrontPageMagazine.com Samar Jarrah: “It’s fascinating that some people who are supposedly terrorism experts and are advising this country are spending time to write about you moving up and changing your career. I mean, it’s not like belittling you in any way, but I thought they would have much more important things to do.”

46% of Torontonians believe the world is a safer place with a Rep. in the White House

Toronto (May 27, 2008) – Forty-six percent of the 700 plus attendees at last night’s sold-out Munk Debate agreed with the resolution: “The world is a safer place with a Republican in the White House.” Fifty-four percent opposed the resolution.