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Well the other day I was browsing books on amazon.com and came across something amusing. Two books with the same title although they appear to be vastly different in content. 1) While Canada Slept by Andrew Cohen 2) While Europe Slept by Bruce Bawer I looked for "While America Slept", but darn...

One of the most persistent themes in Noam Chomsky's work has been class warfare. The iconic MIT linguist and left-wing activist frequently has lashed out against the "massive use of tax havens to shift the burden to the general population and away from the rich," and criticized the concentration...

National PostCANADA 'I hope to be able to establish a relationship with more maturity." So said Prime Minister Stephen Harper (in French) on the eve of his Cancun summit meeting with Presidents Vicente Fox and George W. Bush, and the job is already well begun. Harper's visit to Afghanistan, his...

Relations between Indonesia and Australia have soured further after an Australian newspaper published a cartoon lampooning Indonesia's leader. Indonesia said the drawing, apparently depicting the president and a Papuan as fornicating dogs, was "not helpful". It followed the publication in an...

The documentary "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" is a film that every person who isn't a radical Islamic fascist (or who doesn't aspire to live under shari'a law) ought to see. Those who think it's possible to negotiate with terrorists will have their worldview shaken, and those...

Miller blames U.S. gun laws, launches job project CTV.ca News Staff With Toronto's homicide numbers keeping pace with 2005, which was dubbed 'The Year of the Gun,' concerns that the city may be experiencing a repeat are being downplayed by Mayor David Miller, who blames guns from the U.S. and a...

Ian MacLeod, with files from Joanne Laucius, The Ottawa Citizen; with files from Citizen News Services Published: Thursday, March 30, 2006 Momin Khawaja of Ottawa was devising a way to fit a remote-controlled model airplane with explosives, a London terrorism trial of seven Britons charged...

THE Federal Government will legislate against any attempts by the ACT to give gay couples the same rights as married couples, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said today. Mr Ruddock said today the Government would investigate what it could do to block attempts by the ACT Labor Government to pass...

The United States is assessing whether to help Libya destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons in an operation which could cost over $100 million (£57.5m). Pentagon experts are writing a proposal outlining the options for helping Tripoli comply with an international treaty on banned weapons...

New York has released partial tapes of emergency calls from the World Trade Center on 9/11 for the first time. Nearly nine hours of calls show the responses of emergency operators to callers amid the chaos of the attacks. The words of the operators - but not the callers - were released...

GM supplier returns massive overpayment Instead of $1,988, JR Industries got check for $3.95 million DETROIT - General Motors was supposed to send supply contractor JR Industries a check for $1,988. Instead, GM sent 1,988 times that amount. After several weeks, the supplier’s owner has...

Nigerian soccer referees OK'd to take bribes Official: Bribery acceptable, but refs shouldn't let cash influence decisions LAGOS, Nigeria - Soccer referees in Nigeria can take bribes from clubs but should not allow them to influence their decisions on the field, a football official said on...

SUFFOLK, Va. - Human remains found in the wreckage of a World War II bomber in New Guinea have been identified as a 24-year-old airman who disappeared on a stormy night in 1943. The remains of Charles "Buddy" Feucht were identified through DNA testing. His sister Fern Lord, who had submitted a...

The following is an excerpt from Roy Rempel's book, Dreamland: How Canada's Pretend Foreign Policy Has Undermined Sovereignty. Roy Rempel, Citizen Special Published: Friday, March 31, 2006 I like to stand up to the Americans. It's popular. -- Jean Chretien, former prime minister - - - In...

A film about the 11 September attacks will premiere on the opening night of New York's Tribeca Film Festival. United 93 chronicles the fourth hijacked airliner which passengers attempted to retake from hijackers before it crashed in Pennsylvania. Families of the victims and 11 September...

EU employment problems dividing continent EU workers see labor reforms as anathema, employers call them a lifeline PARIS - In much of Europe, the idea that a company can dismiss workers just because profits are sagging is unacceptable, an affront to modern values. Yet economists say that even...

Danish Muslims sue newspaper over cartoons Lawsuit seeks $16,100, claims drawings were ‘defamatory and injurious’ COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A group of 27 Danish Muslim organizations have filed a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper that first published the caricatures of Islam’s Prophet...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Residents of the neighborhood of Sunset Circle say they have been terrorized by a crazy cat named Lewis. Lewis for his part has been uniquely cited, personally issued a restraining order by the town's animal control officer. "He looks like Felix the Cat and has six toes on...

Bush meets with Canadian, Mexican leaders Nagging trade, security issues top agenda at Cancun summit CANCUN, Mexico - President Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico worked to iron out disagreements over trade and border security Thursday and to keep a North American economic edge against...

Islamo-Fascists and 20th Century Nazis: the Historical Connection At first look, a reader might think that this editorial might be a diatribe about how Radical Islam and the National Socialist Workers party of Germany were similar, which they are, but the reason for this editorial is to show a...