Guest Column

Diplomas won’t make jihadis go away

By Michelle Malkin In all the brouhaha over the New Yorker’s satirical cover cartoon of Barack and Michelle Obama, a truly “tasteless and offensive” passage in the magazine’s feature article got lost. The magazine piece quotes Obama’s recommendations for how to stop jihad, which he had previously published in a local Chicago newspaper eight days after 9/11. It’s a self-parody of blind, deaf, and dumb Kumbaya liberalism:

Ralph Klein blows off B.C.‘s new carbon tax

Ralph Klein has some words of advice for his one-time colleague, Gordon Campbell -- axe the carbon tax.

Dr. Joseph Schwarcz Dismisses PVC Shower Curtain Scare

ARLINGTON, VA, JULY 14, 2008...Dr. Joseph Schwarcz criticized the research methodology as well the claims made in "Volatile Vinyl," the report from the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) that alleges vinyl shower curtains are toxic and harmful. His analysis of the study, "Peeking Through the Shower Curtain Scare," appeared in the June 28th issue of "The Montreal Gazette."

Oil is NOT a fossil fuel and AGW is non-science

by Peter J. Morgan We all grew up believing that oil is a fossil fuel, and just about every day this ‘fact’ is mentioned in newspapers and on TV. However, let us not forget what Lenin said – "A lie told often enough becomes truth." It was in 1757 that the great Russian scholar Mikhailo V. Lomonosov enunciated the hypothesis that oil might originate from biological detritus. The scientists who first rejected Lomonsov’s hypothesis, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, were the famous German naturalist and geologist Alexander von Humboldt and the French chemist and thermodynamicist Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, who together enunciated the proposition that oil is a primordial material erupted from great depth, and is unconnected with any biological matter near the surface of the Earth.

Bush Says Gas Prices Causing Rethinking on Drilling

By Holly Rosenkrantz, Bloomberg.com July 12 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said some opponents of expanded domestic oil drilling and exploration are rethinking their positions amid the rise in gasoline prices.

Former Islamic Extremist: Radical Islam Similar to Marxism, Soviet Union

Matt Purple, Townhall.com A former leader of a radical Islamic organization told Congress extreme Muslims are motivated by an ideology similar to Marxism and that Islamism has much in common with the former Soviet Union.

All is not well in Toronto

By Preston Manning, President and CEO Manning Centre for Building Democracy Editor's note: Originally published in the Globe and Mail How do Canadian cities measure up in terms of quality of life, economic performance, civic governance and leadership capacity? Important questions if Canada as a nation is to achieve high levels of performance in each of these areas. Important questions to you and me personally since more than 25 million of us now live in Canada's cities.

Smog in Beijing five times over safety limit as Olympics nears

Flora Bagenal, Timesonline.co.uk Pollution around the Olympic stadium in Beijing could be five times worse than levels deemed safe by the World Health Organisation.

22 MPs and Counting Publicly Voice Disgust at Morgentaler’s Appointment to Order of Canada

The ever-increasing number of MPs who are speaking out against Dr. Henry Morgentaler's induction into the Order of Canada is up to 22, with eight more having added their names to the list in recent days.

Rally at Rideau Hall sends a strong message to Canada

4mycanada.ca The rally today at Rideau Hall was a tremendous success. After standing on Parliament Hill for Canada Day (prior to the announcement) with our team of interns it was SO POWERFUL to see how much this force has grown in just a week! Thank you to Campaign Life Coalition for their awesome leadership in organizing this rally today! We were thrilled to be a part of it - young and old united for such an amazing cause! We are certain you will be seeing much about it in the news tonight/tomorrow. For now, here are a few photos for you to catch the some of the sights of the afternoon.

Two American Children Escorted from Taliban Madrassa by American Consulate for Flight to NYC

Two American children were escorted by the American consulate officers in Karachi, Pakistan Tuesday night Pakistan time and boarded a flight to Dubai, UAE and then boarded a direct flight to NYC, Noor Elahi Khan and Mahboob Elahi Khan are expected to arrive in Atlanta on a Delta flight this afternoon at 4:30 PM. The two brothers have been in a Pakistani madrassa for four years and are the focus of a newly released documentary entitled "The Karachi Kids". Updated --see end of text

The Tampa Bay Rays Shine Bright So Far in 2008

“You were a year off.” Well, actually it is two years. But this is the constant refrain I have heard from people concerning the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays (formerly known as the Devil Rays).

Getting better grades: Can Canada pull up its socks?

By Dr. Roslyn Kunin, Canada West Foundation There is a story about a Canadian and an American crabbing in the Pacific Ocean just at the international border opposite Peach Arch Park.

A day of shame

Canada Day is supposed to be a day of joy, a day of unity and a day of welcoming for all.

Spitfire to be sold by Bonhams and Goodman

A 1945 Supermarine Spitfire MK XVI is to star in Bonhams & Goodman's inaugural sale of Collectors' Motor Cars and Aircraft in New Zealand on the 14th September.

My Fat Friend Fritz

Fat Fritz is one of my good friends, and we disagree about 
just about everything except food, which he eats way too much of. 
He also drinks prodigious quantities of beer, which he 
brews himself.

What Obama could learn from Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Barack Obama both made their way to Washington at almost exactly the same time from opposite ends of the planet, Ali from Somalia and Obama presumably from Hawaii.

Al Qaeda Expanding Recruitment Of Children

CBS) Written for CBSNews.com by Farhan Bokhari, reporting from Islamabad. Al Qaeda has successfully established a network for recruiting boys as young as 12 from across central Asia as it seeks new volunteers to enlarge its team of prospective suicide bombers and militants fighters, senior security officials from the Middle East have revealed to CBS News.

FARC in negotiations to demilitarize

In the wake of the amazing rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages in Colombia, CFP can reveal that French and Venezuelan diplomats have opened secret negotiations to offer sanctuary to the 8,000 remaining members of the FARC guerrilla army. US intelligence sources said yesterday that the move may be the first realistic chance of ending Latin America’s longest running and most destructive civil war.

Obama’s Jimmy Carter Disaster

During the 1970's, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had acceded to the monarchist governmental leadership role present throughout Iran's history, implemented economic, educational and social reforms. In 1978, in the midst of democratic reforms, the Shah and the Iranian people celebrated 2,500 years of Persian Monarchy. Thereafter, the Carter Administration, awkwardly wielding a contorted rhetoric of "human rights" thoughtlessly encouraged the overthrow of the Shah and thereby hastened the arrival of an exiled and obscure cleric Ayatollah Khomeini, and with him the Islamic Republic of Iran.