A Tale of Two Porsches – High End Low End, and Low End High End

Do you lust after the legendary Porsche, but find the Carrera Turbo just a little too, well, stratospheric? Take heart! Even the more "down to earth" Porsches are still an absolute blast, as evidenced by a couple of weeks I spent with the "entry level" Carrera and the "upscale" entry level model, the Boxster S.

The Greenest Hypocrites of 2007

Green has traditionally been the color of the deadly sin of envy. But this year, a trendy upstart mounted a serious challenge to envy’s claim.

American Education Fails Because It Isn’t Education

The debate over public education grows more heated. Regularly, reports are released showing that the academic abilities of American students continue to fall when compared to those in other countries.

The Game of the Name

The two guys ahead of me at the food court counter were discussing a friend of theirs whose name I recognized as that of a local politician (let's call him Buddy).

Green Propaganda Machine Overheating

It had to happen sooner or later. Canadian, and I assume American, beer drinkers are being blamed for, you guess it, global warming. But, unlike the belching cows issue (remember that one?), it is not for the reason you might at first think.

The truth about “alternative energy”

We often hear that clean, free, inexhaustible renewable energy can replace the “dirty” fossil fuels that sustain our economy. A healthy dose of Energy Reality is needed.

Rudy Giuliani is a hero to many Americans

He is a hero to many conservatives.  Rudy is also a big headache to many conservatives.  They like Rudy, but they are troubled by his position on social issues like abortion and gay rights. 

No Offense Intended, But…

Lord knows that I am no flame-throwing anarchist who stumbles about saying and doing things only to irritate good people. That is not my modus operandi, regardless of what creditors and my ex-wife may be charging.

Feds Arrest 22 Alien Sex Offenders in New York City Operation

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the New York City Department of Probation announced the arrests of 22 child predators and criminal alien sex offenders in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan. Wednesday's initiative is a part of the ongoing Operation Predator initiative and a national priority for ICE, according to officials.

Leftist Foe of Dr. Michael Savage Indicted on Child Porn

Radio icon Michael Savage has been in the cross hairs of anti-American wackos for most of 2007. From illegal aliens who should not even be in America, to Islamofascists and their terror cover group known as CAIR, to the leftist nut balls seated on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dr. Savage has been unfairly assaulted, maligned, and abused with impunity.

Earth’s Tropics Growing

The changing climate affecting much of our planet continues to have weird results. The latest to become evident is the expansion of our planet’s tropical belt, according to a study published this Sunday in Nature Geoscience.

Europe’s Power Problem’s to be solved by Africa?

In a weird turn of events, it looks as if Africa – the continent to be worst hit by global warming and climate changes – could help provide clean energy, to Europe. It is one of those poetic turns that just make you all happy inside.

It’s all about me!

It’s entirely possible that the “baby-boom” generation are the worst parents in the history of mankind as a significant percentage of their progeny are growing up to be unfeeling, psychopathic narcissists. A classic example is “art student” Thorarin Ingi Jonsson whose 15 minutes of fame came about as a result of a fake bomb scare he called in to the Royal Ontario Museum just as an AIDS fundraiser was about to start. According to Jonsson, this was an “art project” and it resulted in the Aids fundraiser being cancelled as the ROM had to be evacuated.

Robert Latimer:  Canada’s Cindy Sheehan

Robert Latimer was denied day parole earlier this week. The Saskatchewan farmer is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 10 years for the murder of his 12-year-old daughter, Tracy. Latimer and his wife had trouble caring for Tracy who was severely disabled and so in October 1993 he did what any loving parent would have done. He placed his daughter in the cab of his pickup truck and pumped the cab full of exhaust fumes. Shy and not wanting to have to handle the array of accolades that were sure to be bestowed upon him for his brave act, Latimer put the child’s body in her bed and waited for his wife to return from church to discover the death.

Joe McCarthy Freedom Fighter

A couple of years ago, I debated a professor from American University named John Doolittle who, prompted by me, admitted that Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wisconsin (1909-1957), may have exposed some real communists working in the federal government. “But I saw the Edward R. Murrow broadcasts,” Dr. Doolittle added. “He was a bad man.”

NIE report fails to explain retreat on nuclear weapons

There's lots to wonder about in the Key Judgments of the latest National Intelligence Estimate, which informs us with "high confidence" that Iran halted its nuclear bomb program four years ago. This contradicts its 2005 warning that Iran was "determined to develop nuclear weapons." That followed the 2003-2004 zig-zag from our intelligence community on Iraq and Saddam Hussein's interest in weapons of mass destruction; which followed the intelligence failure to zero in on the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers before they slammed airplanes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.

Sports Roundup

Well it looks like Simon Frasier and UBC will be making Canadian football history, when in 2009, they will allowed to play in the US-based, NCAA football conference. The two western-based Canadian universities are to be the first two teams to be admitted into the NCAA in a 10-year pilot program to allow teams from foreign soil to participate. It'll be a great boost for Canadian based schools to start offering full scholarships for Canadian talen, and if successful will boost player development in Canada by leaps and bounds.

The Lack of Exploding Santa Explained

It was only last week that a friend of mine was extolling the joys of teaching the younger year levels at Christmas time. You will always find one or two bullies, intent on robbing the young ones of their Christmas dreams. “Santa’s not real,” they’d call, “it’s just your parents!”

An Intelligent Assessment of the National Intelligence Estimate

Upon watching the politically motivated reaction to the recent so-called “intelligence” update concerning Iran’s nuclear ambitions, I couldn’t sit idle as one more report becomes just another campaign tool used to mislead American voters as well as friends and foes around the world.

It is the time for testing

Lawmakers in Washington need to be alarmed and alert as they consider the nominee to be the next attorney general. From an objective external perspective, the United States Department of Justice seems to be adrift and to be quickly losing its way in the routine prosecution of ordinary transnational crime.