No Time for #NoRegrets
Ray Pennings
December 19, 2012
I still recommend sharing it, though, if in the darkest and most painful moments of the year gone by, you found blessings to be experienced—and even if they did not undo the pain ...
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Link by Link
Peter Stockland
December 18, 2012
Last night, I was passing the TV room in our house when I overheard Canada's own helium-filled news guy, Peter Mansbridge, actually say this: "The people of (insert name of latest town distraught over its dead children here) are asking for their privacy But I have known since being directly involved...
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Means Something to Me
Peter Menzies
December 17, 2012
And I concede that I may have missed something irritating because to the extent that I still have any influence in Christmas shopping I exercised it a few weeks ago ...
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An Engagement with Acton on Right to Work
Brian Dijkema
December 14, 2012
If atomism is corrosive in family life and other social spheres might it not also be true for the world of labour relations? Why, for instance, is their analysis on ways to increase the ability of workers to choose better between existing unions, and to organize better unions, so thin? Why such a cu...
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Bring on that Foreign Policy Review
Robert Joustra
December 13, 2012
Why a foreign policy review for this? The government is in the midst of commissioning something like a review already, even if leaked copies amount to more of a restatement than a new direction for Canadian foreign policy But since a review is in the works, that review should state clearly the value...
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Royal Confusion
Ray Pennings
December 12, 2012
The prank involved two Australian DJs who called the King Edward VII hospital ("renowned for its discretion and privacy") impersonating members of the royal family to inquire about the condition of Kate However, the good news has been confused by a radio prank gone badly and a response that betrays ...
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In the place where the NHL's heart should be
Peter Stockland
December 11, 2012
Hockey is that kind of game, but the NHL is not that kind of hockey league There comes a point, often a very sharp point, in almost every adult North American male's life when he clues in to what the women around him have known since childhood: that screen in front of you where those players are pla...
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Talking Points
Peter Menzies
December 10, 2012
But all through those debates over what the appropriate balance might be, whether this commentator or that one was reflective of this or that point of view and exactly where the newspaper should position itself in terms of its editorial worldview, one principle was clear: never, ever, confuse your o...
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Stealth Fighter Fever
Robert Joustra
December 7, 2012
A full, public, foreign policy review, with Minister Ambrose's steady hand on procurement, could yet connect value to dollars, and hardware to vision Second, rebooting a major defense procurement right in time for a foreign policy review gives Conservatives a chance to not only tether value to dolla...
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A Fate Worse Than Death
Brian Dijkema
December 6, 2012
In the course of her remarks she noted that this tendency to view suffering in life as a fate worse than death is a leading cultural driver—alongside horribly muddled language—of the movement towards physician assisted suicide and euthanasia ...
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Common Work for the Common Good
James K.A. Smith
December 5, 2012
At Cardus, we pursue that drawing on more than 2,000 years of Christian social thought, and in Comment, we draw on that tradition with an accent we sometimes describe as "Kuyperian"—emphasizing the scope of God's concern for every square inch of creation, including public and political life Well, I'...
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Joy: The Emergence from Suffering
Peter Stockland
December 4, 2012
In mid-November, I was blessed to live the joy of looking into the freshly dead face of a loved one to find the reminder that the true meaning of life is the moment From childhood, I have ferociously loved the words of the Hail Mary "Holy Mary/Mother of God/pray for us sinners now/and at the hour of...
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Twitter's Blissful Chaos
Peter Menzies
December 3, 2012
Social media, primarily Facebook and Twitter, are increasingly influential in the world of journalism and public debate, although my own anecdotal observation is that Facebook remains a place primarily for social friendship while Twitter is where the real wars are fought If Twitter is a harbinger of...
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The Ordeal of Civility
Diane Weber Bederman
November 30, 2012
Social media gave us anonymity, and it has opened the door to incivility throughout the public square The host, Jacques Fabi, lamented that it was a pain not being able to say what one really believes, except of course in media that allow for anonymity ...
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The Fine Print Matters!
Ray Pennings
November 29, 2012
All of this is a very circuitous way to get to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his current legal troubles Most of us feel like helpless spectators to this sorry spectacle, but it does remind us that the fine print, usually overlooked as inconsequential, is in fact important and should be taken seriously ...