Guest Column

The End of Dead Space Equipment

We’ve all seen the movie Apollo 13, where Tom Hanks and co. end up having to repair their spacecraft using … even I cannot finish that analogy. What I should say is that when the crewmembers of Apollo 13 in 1970 were confronted with a dead spacecraft, they had to make makeshift repairs using very basic and, at times, crude materials.

Hepatitis B Patients Getting Short-changed by Province

The Canadian ideal of universal healthcare isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for the estimated 80,000 – 100,000 Ontarians living with chronic hepatitis B. For many of these patients, getting access to the most effective treatments to delay the progress of their disease is impossible – the drugs are expensive and they’re not covered by the province.

Tough Questions for Islam

Zakaria Botros is a conservative television star with a huge audience. He is even more hated by his political enemies than Rush Limbaugh and Hillary Clinton put together, if you can believe that. At least one newspaper has labeled Botros: "Public Enemy Number One."

Memory Limit Discovered: You Only Know Four Things

New research in to our mind’s capabilities to retain knowledge has shed light on a question that has been discussed for many years; how much, can our mind remember, at a time?

The Big Bang in Seconds

Whether you believe in a Creator-God or not, the Big Bang is oftentimes the explanation for how our universe began. Why? Because that’s what science has pointed to, and science is smarter than you!

Is Math Discovered or Invented

There isn’t anything quite like a philosophical debate involving scientists. It’s like asking a high school jock to participate in… well, anything academic! They are so far out of their depth, but still carrying all that good old fashioned tons of knowledge and arrogance that come with being a scientist.

Hamas attacks fuel aid trucks, diverts fuel from hospitals to its leadership and security forces

Remember, this is the group Dhimmi Carter said must be "involved in any final peace agreement."

Man has Al-Qaeda links—Canadian visa? No problem

How did he get a visa? Have steps been taken to ensure that this kind of thing doesn't happen again? What do you think?

Over 1,000 fake passports seized in Thailand—many sold to jihadists

"The passports were sold to a group of Thai and Burmese middlemen who then sold them to gangs engaged in prostitution, terrorism and smuggling, he said."

Hamas gives Israel 10 years max

(IsraelNN.com) Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal said Saturday that the Islamist group’s request for a ceasefire with Israel was “a tactic in conducting the struggle.”

Opposition retains House of Assembly

Four weeks to the day after Zimbabwe queued to vote in the 29 March 2008 elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission have finally confirmed their original results, and that was that Zanu PF has lost its majority in the House of Parliament for the first time in 28 years.

McCain Shouldn’t Have Picked a Fight With The North Carolina GOP

As a conservative who has written in strong support of John McCain and who will cast a ballot for him on November 4th, I think the GOP nominee has erred in picking a fight with the North Carolina Republican Party.

Tannumah district school supply drop

BASRA - During the morning of April 21, Iraqi Soldiers along with 504 PIR, 82nd Abn Div Soldiers participated in a joint humanitarian aid mission in the Tannumah district of Basrah.

Prominent sheik meets with Raider cmdr., discusses future of Doura

BAGHDAD - A key figure in the community and a respected local leader for the Iraqi people living in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad, arrived at JSS Doura with a procession of local leaders and family members, April 22.

Black vs White in Zimbabwe-a Zanu PF myth

Gweru-Zimbabwe-Justification for the continuous stranglehold on political reforms in Zimbabwe by Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF on racial grounds has been dismissed as 'utter rubbish" and "unfortunate taking for granted" the intellect of Zimbabweans in "understanding the global village political dynamics."

Returning Freedom to Canada

The only way freedom is going to be restored, be it in the office, the warehouse or the college campus is for people to exercise it. Courageously and in defiance of speech codes and harassment guidelines.

Good BotNet versus Bad BotNet

The newswires are awash with stories of hackers attacking US military sites, CNN, anti-Tibet sites. The tech wires are filled with warnings against opening unsolicited emails, and protecting against spam. All of this has a common theme, and that theme is botnets.

Rice rationing imposed at Wal-Mart’s warehouse division

Shades of rationing during the wars... What's next...

Immigration as a quick fix

Is Canada's perpetual shortage of skilled labour real, perceived or conjured up for the purposes of creating a glut?

African leaders’ attitude on elections must change

THERE is a crisis in Zimbabwe! South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki is at the very end of his second and last term in office. He has spent most of the past 10 years of his presidency engaged in Zimbabwean issues because of the crisis that has been festering in that country for a very long time.