Turning the light off at Davos

Ever notice the fascination global elitists seem to have for the dark? Barely mentioned in the mainstream media was the workshop from their annual gathering in Davos last year called “Dialogue in the Dark”. “Dialogue in the Dark,” challenged high-performing business wags with the opportunity to explore how they interacted as a group when they were asked to assemble a Russian doll in pitch-black darkness.

CCD applauds Harper government for withdrawal of support for UN ‘anti-racism’ conference

Ottawa, Canada - The Stephen Harper government has withdrawn its support for a UN anti-racism conference scheduled to take place next year in South Africa, according to a media release today from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Why Not Romney?

As unlikely as it seemed several months ago, it seems increasingly likely that Mitt Romney should win the Republican primary and win the general election.   Mitt Romney may be the last best hope of conservatives. 

Homeland Security Department Releases Response Framework

On Tuesday, January 22,  the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released their newly formulated National Response Framework (NRF), the successor to the National Response Plan.  


Nuclear Security: US Finding Jobs for Former Soviet Weapons Scientists

To address concerns about unemployed or underemployed Soviet-era weapons scientists in Russia and other former Soviet Bloc nations, the US Department of Energy established the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention or IPP program in 1994. The general idea was to engage former Soviet weapons scientists in nonmilitary work in the short term and create private sector jobs for these scientists in the long term.

The State of the Union As Seen By An Ordinary Citizen

At this time of year, the president normally issues his State of the Union address to the nation and the Congress. After the president has spoken, the Democrats usually respond, in both English and Spanish.

The March for Life Against Genocide

With young people chanting "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Roe v. Wade has got to go," hundreds of thousands of people marched on Tuesday to protest an estimated 49 million dead through abortion. On the same day, a young actor named Heath Ledger died. Guess which got more attention from our media?

ESPN: A Classic Do-As-I-Say, Not-As-I-Do

For those of you who watch "ESPN First Take" in the later morning, may have noticed something missing. Something like... the co-host?

Green Desperation Time

News of a January 31 “teach-in” on more than 1,000 college campuses nationwide strikes me of just one more example of the growing desperation of the environmental movement that has bet its credibility and influence on global warming.

Bullshit reigns supreme in East Anglia, UK

"Millions of pounds in funding is being dished out by UEA's Carbon Connections programme for universities to set up ground-breaking green projects in partnership with businesses and other organisations.

Happenings Ten Years Time Ago

The president of the United States clenched his jaw, narrowed his eyes and wagged his finger. Glaring at the cameras, Bill Clinton ordered: “I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time - never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people.”

Time to Fight Back Against “Angry Paranoid” Anti-Vaccinationists

Grant the anti-childhood vaccine fanatics this; they are dogged. No amount of data and no number of studies from any array of sources will sway them from their beliefs – or claimed beliefs – that thimerosal, a mercury-containing vaccine preservative once used in many such injections, is causing the so-called “autism epidemic.”

Montreal Muslims were recruiting in mosques for jihad before 9/11

Jihad recruitment in Montreal mosques. And what is being done about it? Any challenge being issued to Muslims in Canada to strike at the roots of this recruitment and explicitly renounce political Islam and Islamic supremacism? No

US opens personnel files on al-Qaeda recruits

The photograph shows a young man sporting a red-and-white chequered head-dress, a wispy beard and a zealot's eyes. Majed Hamoud Mubarak al-Harithy, a 23-year-old student from the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, was smuggled into Iraq from Syria sometime before August 2007. He was carrying a passport, 252 Saudi riyals (£35) and US$101, and was eager to become a “martyr”.

Oppose UN Resolution Condoning Hamas Rocket Attacks TODAY

As Israel struggles to defend its civilians from deadly Hamas rocket attacks—200 in the past few days alone, averaging nearly one per hour—the Arab and Islamic states have called an emergency “Special Session” of the UN Human Rights Council for this Wednesday.

Election Year Nonsense

To use a play on Winston Churchill’s cynical words, the best argument against democracy is a five-minute perusal of election coverage. Another way to put it – at risk of sounding trite – is if it weren’t for nonsense, it wouldn’t make any sense at all. Yet, if being trite were a sin, most presidential aspirants would languish in political purgatory.

Gaza - Stateless, Leaderless, Mindless and Powerless

"A humanitarian crisis" is how the Arab League described Gaza as it was plunged into darkness when its only power plant was shut down three days after Israel ceased the delivery of fuel supplies to the trouble-plagued territory. Fuel supplies have now been resumed but continued supply is certain to be disrupted.

Canadian Government in denial about the toll Lyme Disease is taking on Canadians

Imagine the mental agony of being told by Canadian doctors that you do not have Lyme disease but having a diagnosis in hand from American doctors saying that you do. What do you then do if the Canadian federal government flatly denies your Access to Information request? That’s the medical dilemma of Gordon Anderson, who asks “What are we going to do?”

Arab editor blames Hamas for Gaza crisis

A prominent Arab editor on Monday blamed Hamas for the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip, saying the Islamist movement had acted "stupidly" by firing rockets at Israel.

The Man Who Plays Guitar with His Feet

Patrick Wood of the August Review, an excellent newsletter covering political and economic developments, says January 22 could be “Black Tuesday” because of a meltdown in the financial markets. But it’s Black Tuesday for another reason―the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision allowing abortion on demand.