Guest Column

Palin is of the People

A month ago a star was born. A month later the star that once shone bright has fallen from the sky.

How the American Economy Became a Sleazy Carnival Freak Show

MARC McDONALD Whatever happened to the once-mighty American economy? The United States once had the mightiest economic juggernaut of any nation in history. Our "Arsenal of Democracy" played a big role in winning World War II. During that conflict, we overwhelmed our enemies with a tidal wave of efficient industrial production of everything from bombers to jeeps to battleships.

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Paying Off Overdue Debt To Polish History

Jan Maksymiuk "Katyn," a film by Polish veteran director Andrzej Wajda, may not be a masterpiece, but the film will surely embed itself in the memory of viewers. If not for its artistic message, then at least for its stunning finale -- the massacre of Polish officers by the Soviet NKVD.

An ACORN Falls from the Tree

Ken Blackwell As negotiations over Congress’s emergency rescue bill continued over the weekend, repeated rumors leaked out that the Democrats were trying to funnel money to a hyper-partisan organization involved in criminal voter fraud. I’m speaking of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — known by its acronym, ACORN. Although ACORN was cut from the final legislation, it’s important to understand this organization and its long history with, of all people, Barack Obama. And it’s important to see how partisan this emergency legislation has become.

Second Class Status for Ontario’s Most Vulnerable in Bill 77

(Queen’s Park) – MPP Randy Hillier joined the debate this week to address continued burdens placed upon our province’s most vulnerable with the McGuinty Government’s Bill 77, Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008. Hillier pointed out that with this Bill the Government adds nothing for those with disabilities, instead entrenching wait times in law and legislating warrantless entry, all while eroding privacy rights and eliminating Ministerial accountability.

Linda Gibbons Acquitted

Linda Gibbons has just been acquitted by a provincial court judge in Toronto on a charge of obstructing a peace officer and has walked out of court a free woman. Justice Clements rightly ruled that Gibbons's conduct of being peaceful and silent could in no way be interpreted to mean she was making any peace officer's job more difficult when she was arrested outside the Scott "Clinic" abortuary in Toronto earlier this year. The decision brings into question the whole Crown/police tactic of charging Gibbons over a 14-year period with disobeying a peace officer, when the correct and more appropriate charge is disobeying a court order. Clements suggested Gibbons WOULD have been guilty of that charge on the basis of the evidence with which he was presented ... but that charge was not laid.

STUCK IN THE ARCTIC FOR THREE WEEKS…AND COUNTING

From Peter Alexander, TODAY correspondent So, here we are. In the Arctic. Day 23. Good times! Producer Paul Manson and I, along with cameraman Callan Griffiths and soundman Ben Adam, were sent here on assignment to report on climate change and the Arctic for an upcoming broadcast. The primary news peg — and one reason for our visit — is that for only the second time in recorded history the Northwest Passage is ice free, effectively clearing this shortcut between Europe and Asia.

Denmark: Expel Islam from Europe

The controversial Danish People's Party member of the European Parliament Mogens Camre spoke at the DPP's annual meeting Sunday, calling to expel Islam from Europe.

US can ride out financial turbulence if it follows lessons of Swedish crunch

Carl Bildt is foreign minister of Sweden. As leader of the conservative Moderate Party, he was prime minister in the 1990s when Sweden had a similar financial meltdown to the US today. He is in New York for the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.

Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis

America waits with baited breath while Washington struggles to bring the U.S. economy back from the brink of disaster. But many of those same politicians caused the crisis, and if left to their own devices will do so again.

Credit crunch banker leaps to his death in front of express train

The City was in shock last night after the apparent suicide of a millionaire financier haunted by the pressures of dealing with the credit crunch.

Rescuing ACORN

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Friday, September 26, 2008 Election '08: Democrats want to use profits from the bailout as a slush fund for liberal activist groups, even those involved in vote fraud to help elect Barack Obama.

Terror suspects arrested at Cologne airport

German police boarded a KLM flight at Cologne airport early this morning and arrested two men suspected of preparing a terrorist attack.

Do Not Let Your Emotions Drive Your Election Decision

The headlines regarding the federal bail-out of troubled banking, investment, and insurance institutions are scary enough without the political charges flying back and forth in an effort to shift blame.

My Flawed Abortion Logic

In answer to a letter I received regarding my statistics on unplanned pregnancies and failed contraceptives leading to abortion, I must admit the following: The letter writer says that I used bad logic and he is right. I do apologize for misleading my readers -- I did not intend to do so. I understand that my percentages and statistics were off -- instead of 100,000 Canadian abortions it was only 97,000 or even as few as, thank goodness, 93,000 as he states. And it is true that my failed contraceptive figures were convoluted. However, the fact is that only a small percentage of pregnancies result from failed contraception so what about the rest of the pregnancies?

Shots fired in US-Pakistan clash

The United States military says US and Afghan forces have exchanged gunfire with Pakistani troops across the border with Afghanistan.

Obama grant being probed

A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the money might have been misspent.

Guilty verdict in Toronto terror trial

BRAMPTON, Ont. — An Ontario judge has found a young extremist guilty of a designated terrorist offence in a key test of federal laws.

Egypt: Former Muslim still in hiding one year after conversion to Christianity

Egypt’s most well-known convert to Christianity is still hiding a year after he filed the landmark case to become the first Egyptian Muslim to sue the government for rejecting his application to officially change his religion.