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David Frum, the Canadian born political strategist responsible for Republican electoral successes during the Bush era believes that the fanatical partisan opposition to the Obama health care bill has backfired badly on the Republican Party. By putting their every effort into defeating the bill...

I'm not much of a fan of conventional nuclear power, but this looks interesting. Gates is supporting small scale nuclear power plants that will run on depleted uranium. It is a bit too technical for me to judge whether the smaller plants will be any more successful than conventional nuclear...

This is an amazing ceremony. Something that has to be seen to be believed. How the border between India and Pakistan is closed, every day. [VIDEO] I wonder how much of that can be blamed on Britain which is the nation both India and Pakistan based their military on?

I always suspected that exposing oneself to the UV rays of a tanning bed was a very bad idea and now the Canadian Cancer Society seems to have backed up my suspicions. Apparently tanning beds are not only not a good idea they are a very good way to end up with skin Cancer. No tan is a safe tan

Protests against Japan's continuing violation of the international ban on whaling seem to have had little affect on Japan. The country continues to allow hunting of whales under the guise of "scientific" research. Most of the whales from these "science" expeditions seem to end up on Japanese...

Gay marriage has come to Mexico; not the entire country, just Mexico City. By some quirk of Mexico's constitution Mexico City can pass some of its own laws even if the rest of the country does not. As a result legislators in Mexico City approved gay marriage. Given that almost as many people...

I am not partial to conspiracy theories, regarding 99% of them as nothing more than the product of overactive imaginations. However, here is a story that I find may have some credibility due to the fact that the CIA has been guilty of similar actions in other countries including Canada. It...

Sarah Palin just showed up in USA north, also known as Calgary. The CTV news commented on the fact that some in the US think she has a Canadian accent. Where did that come from? Never have I heard a Canadian use expressions like "gol-darn" and "you betcha," not to mention a bunch of other...

A number of recent articles have raised the problem of Canada's low levels of productivity. I have included one such article below. Canada's productivity trap - The Globe and Mail It seems to me the reasons listed in the article are quite valid, however, one major factor seems to have been...

It seems that the hot dog is a deadly choking hazard so far as the American Academy of Pediatrics is concerned and wants the legendary fast food redesigned. However, hot dogs a re just one offender among many. Other potentially deadly foods include hard candy, nuts, grapes, popcorn...

Watching the current winter games in Vancouver I was struck by the number of events that featured not a single Canadian or those where Canadians had very little chance. It seems to me that if you really want to win you have to target and finance events that allow multiple entries and have...

I have posted material similar to this elsewhere, but I thought this a useful addition. The article claims that climate change deniers are using techniques similar to those used by the tobacco industry to obfuscate the climate issue. What the article does not mention is that some of the same...

I've been hearing a lot of nonsense, especially from the Brits about how bad the Vancouver games are. The following article puts things into proper perspective, pointing out that the death of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 games may have given Munich that dubious honour. Honourable mentions...

Interesting article outlining the cost of winning for one of the most celebrated athletes at the 2010 games. The Lindsay Vonn experience resembles that suffered by many of the East German and other athletes from communist countries during the Cold War. Golden promise, base-metal reality It...

Human bones thought to be connected the Japan's infamous Unit 731 may force Japanese to come to grips with the wartime atrocities committed by Japan in World War II. Human bones could reveal truth of Japan's 'Unit 731' experiments - Telegraph I have always thought it interesting in that so...

An article by Thomas L. Friedman advocates funding for Western style schools in places like Yemen as a deterrent to Islamic extremism. He claims that Western educated Muslims are much less likely to join the fanatical Muslim hate groups that seek to destroy everything connected to the West, and...

CSIS, the semi-secret agency that watches over all of us for our own good, has refused to release its files on Tommy Douglas in spite of the fact that the man who was voted "The Greatest Canadian" in a CBC program has been dead for 24 years. No doubt his subversive influence lives on in spite...

If the US system of government is not yet broken it seems perilously close. In a recent example of how a single Senator can bring the basic functions of the US government to a halt, Senator Richard Shelby has put a blanket hold on all presidential nominations for various government posts...

It appears Barack Obama's wildest dream may come true. Sarah Palin may run for the GOP nomination in 2012. Even if she does not win she will almost certainly divide the Republican Party, just as she did in 2008. If she actually wins the nomination it will almost certainly be another easy...

Miscegenation, the practice of people of different "races" intermarrying is becoming more and more common world wide. In Canada, of course, this phenomenon is well known and brings possible benefits by widening the gene pool. Contrary to racist doctrine the concept of breeding "pure" races...