Guest Column

Go with the Flow, Compromise, or Do We just say No?

Generation Y, those born between the late 1970s and during the 1980s, is now entering the work force and, in the process they are transforming it, requiring Baby Boomers now facing retirement and Generation X’ers, born in the mid-1960s to late 70s, to face up to our short comings in our ability to negotiate.

Learning Made Easy… in the Future!

When you’re anywhere under the age of 18, you can pretty much guarantee that you aren’t going to be a big fan of the whole “learning” thing. Yes, there are anomalies; kids under 18 that do like learning, and people over 18 who don’t like learning.

Computers that can Read your Mind

Needless to say, the title of this story is a little misleading, in that we aren’t dealing with artificial-intelligence, and thus, the possibility of robots reading our thoughts and acting accordingly to kill us all is remote. However, for the study of our brain and the possible resolution to disorders such as autism and paranoid schizophrenia, new research from a pair at Carnegie Mellon University has taken a great step forward.

York University S. C.  Anti-“Free Speech” Decision Against Pro-Life Groups

By Tim Waggoner, Lifesitenews Yesterday, the student council at York University, one of Canada's largest with 50,000 students and 7,000 staff, ramped up its war against campus pro-life groups with an 8-0 vote to enact of a new policy against the groups. The new policy reads, "No YFS resources, space, recognition or funding will be allocated to enhance groups or individuals whose primary or sole purpose is anti-choice activities."

It Isn’t Magic: Putin Opponents Are Made to Vanish From TV

By CLIFFORD J. LEVY, New York Times MOSCOW — On a talk show last fall, a prominent political analyst named Mikhail G. Delyagin had some tart words about Vladimir V. Putin. When the program was later televised, Mr. Delyagin was not.

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.