Archive for September, 2006

The Right to Die

Monday, September 11th, 2006

To live or to die? To be able to control ones own life to the extent that one can choose to end it. One commenter on an article in the Globe and Mail made an excellent point regarding the right to die: All through one's life one is told ...

Seal Clubbing and Other Good-Old-Fashioned Pastimes

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

The days are numbered for the seal hunt, according to the Canadian Press, as reported by Yahoo!News. The European Union, through its ban on the importation of seal products has, apparently, rung the death knell for the hunt. The declaration, which does not represent the official position of ...

Triple-E Senate

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Egoists, Elitists, Eccentrics. I think that's right, no? Stephan Harper's little trip today - his oh-so-awesomely-unprecidented, never-before-seen, shockingly, camera-worthy appearance - at the Senate committee on Senate Reform was a political laugh. That he felt that the fire and brimstone approach to a Liberal-heavy Senate would be effective is, well, funny. "Political ...

OLGC Logo Undergoes Six Million Dollar Modification

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Anyone who has watched TV lately has seen the new OLGC logo in the lower corner of the screen when the announcer is rolling out the newest grand prize for the 6/49. What you might have missed was the 4-plus million dollar price tag dangling from the bottom of ...

The War in Afghanistan

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Ditto.