In the not too distant future, it seems, Ontario’s health care system will have to confront the issue of assisted suicide. The question won’t be whether to allow it or not. The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered Parliament to make it happen, and my guess is Parliament is too spineless to tell the Court […]
In anticipation of euthanasia being legalized in Canada, medical schools are scrambling to update their curriculum. Thanks to the Supreme Court they now have to teach physician assisted suicide. Or think they may have to – at this point there is no death curriculum. The whole issue is in legal limbo right now and won’t […]
There are dangers everywhere, but you already knew that. The question is, do you really believe it? I am thankful for those whose job it is to keep us safe: police, firefighters, physicians, and the list goes on. I could fill the page with a list of those occupations that impact on our personal safety, […]
Canadian politician James Lunney made the news last week as he resigned from the governing Conservatives in order to speak freely. Normally when a politician says he wants to speak freely you can expect him to criticize his former party, suggesting that he was muzzled, but that is not the case here. Lunney, who announced […]
Did Jesus Christ really live? Or was he a myth, invented and foisted on a gullible public? My friend Bruce sent me the link to a newspaper report that had surprised him and asked for my comments. It was the usual Easter season attack on the historicity of Christianity. I guess the timing surprised him, […]
The foundations of the earth shook when the words were first uttered. Angels danced with joy. Christ is risen! Friday had been about despair and shattered dreams. How could everything have gone so wrong? It wasn’t supposed to end like this! But it was. God had a plan. Christ is risen! Saturday was no better […]
Sometimes a song strikes a chord in your soul. I was going to write extensively about this song (actually I did, I’m just not going to post it) but then decided it speaks for itself. Especially on this Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The original is below; the version above is live and reworked. […]
As a radio guy I have a great appreciation for the traditions of the medium. I missed the golden age of radio drama. By the time I was born television, though still in its infancy, was beginning to take off. Pictures were replacing the aural landscape that dominated North American entertainment for three decades. Some […]
Never answer a hypothetical question. If you do it will only get you in trouble. That’s my advice when giving media training to politicians. Speculation on what they might or might not do in a specific situation that has not or did not occur can commit them to a path they later regret. Better to […]
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