| ADAM KINGSMITH | | The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada | Less than a generation ago, Canada was a world leader when it came to the fundamental democratic freedoms of assembly, speech and information. So perhaps it is time for us Canadians to wake up and smell the suppression -- no longer are censorships solely the purview of tin-pot dictators in far away regimes. Continue reading... | |
BILL HAINES | | Faith, Skepticism and GSI | Skepticism is good, but we usually trust someone's account of something, even though we did not see it ourselves. Carl Sagan was famous for saying extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. But really, I would have loved to have asked Mr. Sagan or ask Richard Dawkins today, how many accounts from "good" people are you not going to trust, before you at least move from atheism to agnosticism? Continue reading... | | |
COLE HOGAN | | Manitoba's Inevitable PST Increase | In the 2011 Manitoba general election, NDP leader Greg Selinger claimed opposition accusations that the NDP would raise the PST were "total nonsense". These comments came back to haunt him as Progressive Conservative MLAs repeatedly rose to their feet in the legislature this week to question the NDP on their 2011 PST referendum stance. Continue reading... | | SHARON VINDERINE | | The Danger of Telling the Web Where You Are | I wonder how many people realize the inherent dangers of the pictures they are sharing with the world. I understand that we all want to capture all of the memories that make up our lives, I'm just suggesting that we make sure we are only capturing the memories and not the entire diary of the event. Be safe. Continue reading... | |
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