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Young William Swinimer wore a bright yellow t-shirt emblazoned with the words "Life is Wasted without Jesus" to school There is more to the story, of course: the boy says that he had been "bullied" about his faith prior to this incident; the school maintains that he was suspended not only because of...
If we are serious about minimizing wealth inequalities we must start by slashing the size of the state, collateralizing our money, and rewarding the productive class by allowing them to build up the necessary capital to underpin our economy. How can wealth inequalities not increase when the state bu...
The report as a whole reads like more like policy proposals from a political party or think-tank than the work of a church The United Church of Canada's recent report on Israeli and Palestinian policy made front-page news this week ...
With Wiebo Ludwig's passing of esophageal cancer last month, at the age of 70, op-eds and even a documentary, "Wiebo's War," covered the clash between Wiebo Ludwig and modern society ...
Yes, Conrad Black was forced by former Prime Minister Jean Chretien's virulent act of vindictiveness to relinquish his Canadian citizenship more than a decade ago Mulcair caught breath from slagging Conrad Black long enough to point to the case of a convinced criminal named Gary Freeman who has been...
Charitable receipting privileges in Canada are available to organizations that seek to advance religion, promote education, and alleviate poverty He finds it problematic to see tax subsidies going to charities whose views he doesn’t endorse and so he would rather have government provide grants to or...
Keynote address to the 47th National Prayer Breakfast, Ottawa, Ontario.
From where do learn about this human nature, and this common humanity? Aristotle would teach us that from careful application of reason to the question we might discover the principles of this good order that we seek, and certainly the long history of political philosophy is not lacking in such deli...
Our editor-in-chief takes Convivium's message on the road, and wonders why we still cheer the Charter.
Father Neuhaus was an important figure in my life, and our last long conversation, in December 2008, was about this proposal for a new Canadian magazine on faith in our common life Former Liberal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler shares the view, and took to the pages of The Toronto Star to make his cas...
Celebrated Canadian fashion designer Justina McCaffrey unveils the mystical love in bridal gowns.
Sometimes a very simple-looking dress, particularly a wedding dress, can be very complicated from the inside and only the creator of the garment knows the strategy of seams and the puzzle of the pattern Years ago I was called upon by a famous Hollywood director to design a dress to be worn by a famo...
When Canadians celebrate the country's 150th birthday, Ray Pennings asks, whom will we thank?
Whether one accounts for the constitutional protection for religious education, the contribution of the social gospel in developing both State and civil society social programs, or the ethos that sustained immigrant communities in an often harsh climate, one cannot account for 150 years of Canadian ...
Constitutional lawyer Kevin L. Boonstra analyzes a recent Supreme Court decision on parental rights. What he finds make him very nervous.
This is, in part, because the public school system cannot be harmed by allowing parents to do the very thing sought by the ERC program – the religious and moral instruction of children Despite this different approach, Justice LeBel came to the same conclusion, namely that the parents had not objec...
Forget Big Brother. Hello Big Mother. Education bureaucrats usurping parental power in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta alarm Clement Ng.
Who is the default educator of young people – parents or the State? Are religious studies and sexuality education no different from other subjects? Because parents should want their children to become contributors to the common good, the trustee assignment can be seen as a reinforcement of the mor...
Diane Weber Bederman discovers God's power to soothe the troubled mind.
There is physical pain: the kind that starts at the toes and screams up the legs and throughout the whole body from inside out and steals your free will, your ability to think clearly and choose life; pain that brings thoughts of death and quickly erases the memories that make life worth living; pai...
John D. O'Brien explains renewed interest in the tormented Prairie artist's painting, life and faith.
Jean Kurelek later gave my father her late husband's accordion, and the instrument has served as a symbol of Kurelek's life and friendship Kurelek purchased a small farm across the river from Madonna House in 1973 as a place where he could bring his family from time to time and escape from the city ...
Travis D. Smith advises conservatives to limit Machiavellian liberality by growing in generosity.
It is, however, no less romantic to suppose that people who have hitherto not learned to take good care of themselves and others will spontaneously prove capable of doing so should drastic measures to cut taxes and spending be imposed rapidly in conformity withstrict principles.It is one thing for c...