About Author: Robert Vaughan

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Robert has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He spent several years involved in research at the University of Western Ontario in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences before moving into business. He served two terms as Public School Trustee on the London Board of Education and the Thames Valley District School Board. He currently co-hosts, with Robert Metz, the radio show “Just Right” broadcast from the University of Western Ontario on CHRW 94.9 FM. The show airs live every Thursday from 11:00 am – Noon. Archives of the show can be found at http://www.justrightmedia.org.

Posts by Robert Vaughan

  • On April 21, 2012, Freedom Party of Ontario held its “Red Alert” dinner on the top floor of the Primrose Hotel in Toronto. The video of the event is being released in parts. This second part features a speech by Freedom Party officer and election campaign manager Robert Vaughan, who MC’d the event.

    The fall of civilization

    Posted on April 21, 2012 | No Comments
    On April 21, 2012, Freedom Party of Ontario held its “Red Alert” dinner on the top floor of the Primrose Hotel in Toronto. The video of the event is being released in parts. This second part features a speech by Freedom Party officer and election campaign manager Robert Vaughan, who MC’d the event.

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  •         Good Lord! – The Right, The Honourable Abortion And Islam – Morally Superior? Rude Interruption – The McBean Consensus Puzzle Unsolved – Issues Resolved The sphere and cylinder conundrum video by itself. Depending on you browser settings you can click here to download the show or use the player below to stream it.

    Just Right 243 – Reflections on Lord Christopher Monckton

    Posted on March 29, 2012 | No Comments
            Good Lord! – The Right, The Honourable Abortion And Islam – Morally Superior? Rude Interruption – The McBean Consensus Puzzle Unsolved – Issues Resolved The sphere and cylinder conundrum video by itself. Depending on you browser settings you can click here to download the show or use the player below to stream it.

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  • On March 22nd, 2012 I sat down with Lord Christopher Monckton for a one-on-one discussion of education, journalism, Catholicism, Islam, conservatism, and philosophy.

    In conversation with Lord Christopher Monckton

    Posted on March 22, 2012 | No Comments
    On March 22nd, 2012 I sat down with Lord Christopher Monckton for a one-on-one discussion of education, journalism, Catholicism, Islam, conservatism, and philosophy.

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  • Video I took on March 18, 2012 of Lord Christopher Monckton speaking to supporters of the International Free Press Society – Canada at Windermere Manor in London, Ontario. Topics of his speech included the United Nations, environmentalism, science, reason, Agenda 21, Marxism, Islam, and abortion as one of the reasons for the eventual downfall of the West.

    Lord Christopher Monckton – Agenda 21 and environmental Marxism

    Posted on March 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Video I took on March 18, 2012 of Lord Christopher Monckton speaking to supporters of the International Free Press Society – Canada at Windermere Manor in London, Ontario. Topics of his speech included the United Nations, environmentalism, science, reason, Agenda 21, Marxism, Islam, and abortion as one of the reasons for the eventual downfall of the West.

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  • GUEST: The Rt Hon Christopher Monckton, Autodidactic Mathematician, Game Designer, Architect, Journalist, Politician, Skeptic GUEST: Professor Christopher Essex, Dept Of Applied Mathematics And Past Director, Theoretical Physics, UWO; Co-Author Of Taken By Storm Global Warming – Has All The Hot Air Dissipated? Advising Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – Changing The Views Of The Iron Lady From SudoKu X To...

    Just Right #241 – Guests: Lord Christopher Monckton / Professor Christopher Essex

    Posted on March 15, 2012 | No Comments
    GUEST: The Rt Hon Christopher Monckton, Autodidactic Mathematician, Game Designer, Architect, Journalist, Politician, Skeptic GUEST: Professor Christopher Essex, Dept Of Applied Mathematics And Past Director, Theoretical Physics, UWO; Co-Author Of Taken By Storm Global Warming – Has All The Hot Air Dissipated? Advising Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – Changing The Views Of The Iron Lady From SudoKu X To...

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  • Last week the Fraser Institute released a ranking of the schools in Ontario based on the scores each school received from the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). The EQAO is an arm’s-length Crown agency of the Government of Ontario instituted under the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris in 1996.  Its mandate is to conduct province-wide tests at key...

    Captive consent

    Posted on March 8, 2012 | No Comments
    Last week the Fraser Institute released a ranking of the schools in Ontario based on the scores each school received from the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). The EQAO is an arm’s-length Crown agency of the Government of Ontario instituted under the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris in 1996.  Its mandate is to conduct province-wide tests at key...

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  • On February 4th a 23 year old Saudi journalist, Hamza Kashgari posted three tweets on his Twitter account referring to Mohammad.  ”On your birthday, I shall not bow to you. I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a...

    Interpol-itics

    Posted on February 16, 2012 | No Comments
    On February 4th a 23 year old Saudi journalist, Hamza Kashgari posted three tweets on his Twitter account referring to Mohammad.  ”On your birthday, I shall not bow to you. I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a...

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  • “Is it proper to compel someone to sit as a juror?” The issue has come about due to a rather unusual event which took place here in London where 20 people were rounded up in the street and told to appear before a judge the next day as potential jurors. Here is what happened: On January 17th, three men were...

    You can lead a juror to court, but you can’t make him think.

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | No Comments
    “Is it proper to compel someone to sit as a juror?” The issue has come about due to a rather unusual event which took place here in London where 20 people were rounded up in the street and told to appear before a judge the next day as potential jurors. Here is what happened: On January 17th, three men were...

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  • This week a jury in Kingston, Ontario convicted three people of first degree murder: Afghan immigrant Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and their son Hamed Shafia. Dead are Mr. Shafia’s three daughters and his first wife. While the facts of the case were interesting in their own right, to me the most important feature of the trial was...

    Social approval at the root of “honour” killings

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | No Comments
    This week a jury in Kingston, Ontario convicted three people of first degree murder: Afghan immigrant Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and their son Hamed Shafia. Dead are Mr. Shafia’s three daughters and his first wife. While the facts of the case were interesting in their own right, to me the most important feature of the trial was...

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  • There has been a recent controversy surrounding the dual Canadian/French citizenship held by Federal NDP leadership hopeful, Thomas Mulcair. It is thought that to be the leader of a federal party which one day (hopefully not in my life) could propel said leader to the Prime Minister’s Office he should renounce his French citizenship. I would agree. Historically Mr. Mulcair...

    Passeportwo

    Posted on January 26, 2012 | No Comments
    There has been a recent controversy surrounding the dual Canadian/French citizenship held by Federal NDP leadership hopeful, Thomas Mulcair. It is thought that to be the leader of a federal party which one day (hopefully not in my life) could propel said leader to the Prime Minister’s Office he should renounce his French citizenship. I would agree. Historically Mr. Mulcair...

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  • All free nations need to define a policy whereby the conditions or triggers for military intervention are clearly defined. The Freedom Party of Canada (while it has yet to field any candidates) has put together just such a policy. It can be found online at freedomparty.ca. In part it reads: “the legitimate functions of the military are to respond to...

    The boy who cried ‘Havoc’

    Posted on January 19, 2012 | No Comments
    All free nations need to define a policy whereby the conditions or triggers for military intervention are clearly defined. The Freedom Party of Canada (while it has yet to field any candidates) has put together just such a policy. It can be found online at freedomparty.ca. In part it reads: “the legitimate functions of the military are to respond to...

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  • One of Christmas’s perennial favourites is Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.  What apparently makes this a classic is its underlying theme that one’s life, however ordinary influences many others like the ripples in pond. While this might be a truism it does not in my mind make this a great film.  In fact,...

    “It’s a Wonderful Life”…Or is it?

    Posted on December 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
    One of Christmas’s perennial favourites is Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.  What apparently makes this a classic is its underlying theme that one’s life, however ordinary influences many others like the ripples in pond. While this might be a truism it does not in my mind make this a great film.  In fact,...

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  • There is an increasingly alarming trend in society today and that is the practice of punishment which is excessive to the crime. The Canadian government’s Omnibus Crime Bill has passed third reading in the House and has moved onto the Senate for its rubber stamp approval.  One of the more disturbing elements of the Bill is the provision for mandatory...

    Excessive punishment on trial.

    Posted on December 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
    There is an increasingly alarming trend in society today and that is the practice of punishment which is excessive to the crime. The Canadian government’s Omnibus Crime Bill has passed third reading in the House and has moved onto the Senate for its rubber stamp approval.  One of the more disturbing elements of the Bill is the provision for mandatory...

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  • In my writings and on my radio show I have continually passed moral judgment on the actions, writings, and sayings of others.  Although I do not judge indiscriminately, or lightly, I do not shy away from such judgments and I do not adhere to the biblical commandment “Judge not that ye be not judged.” Matthew 7:1.  Instead I adhere to...

    Judge and be prepared to be judged.

    Posted on December 8, 2011 | No Comments
    In my writings and on my radio show I have continually passed moral judgment on the actions, writings, and sayings of others.  Although I do not judge indiscriminately, or lightly, I do not shy away from such judgments and I do not adhere to the biblical commandment “Judge not that ye be not judged.” Matthew 7:1.  Instead I adhere to...

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  • “Give me the child until he is seven years and I will give you the man.” Jesuit maxim. A recent report by early childhood educators has called for the introduction of two year old toddlers to the public school system.  The authors of the report cite studies by their colleagues demonstrating the supposed benefits to the child for such an...

    Give me the child…

    Posted on November 24, 2011 | No Comments
    “Give me the child until he is seven years and I will give you the man.” Jesuit maxim. A recent report by early childhood educators has called for the introduction of two year old toddlers to the public school system.  The authors of the report cite studies by their colleagues demonstrating the supposed benefits to the child for such an...

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  • “An anti-concept is an unnecessary and rationally unusable term designed to replace and obliterate some legitimate concept.” Ayn Rand – The Ayn Rand Lexicon pg. 23 In this case the anti-concept of “black market” replaces “free market,” meaning free from government taxation, and regulation. It is an anti-concept because it is all encompassing of not only the criminal but the...

    Black markets, dark times

    Posted on November 17, 2011 | No Comments
    “An anti-concept is an unnecessary and rationally unusable term designed to replace and obliterate some legitimate concept.” Ayn Rand – The Ayn Rand Lexicon pg. 23 In this case the anti-concept of “black market” replaces “free market,” meaning free from government taxation, and regulation. It is an anti-concept because it is all encompassing of not only the criminal but the...

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  • Last week on Just Right, Bob Metz and I discussed at length the failing of the Libertarian movement, how it treats a limited government as axiomatic rather than the result of a long chain of logical argument in a complete philosophy.  We discussed how the leaders of the movement are primarily anarchists who suck people into the movement on the...

    Sons of anarchy

    Posted on November 3, 2011 | 3 Comments
    Last week on Just Right, Bob Metz and I discussed at length the failing of the Libertarian movement, how it treats a limited government as axiomatic rather than the result of a long chain of logical argument in a complete philosophy.  We discussed how the leaders of the movement are primarily anarchists who suck people into the movement on the...

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  • In 1986, Peter Schwartz, of The Intellectual Activist and Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Ayn Rand Institute, wrote an analysis of Libertarianism called Libertarianism: The Perversion of Liberty.  In it he takes apart the philosophy of Libertarianism and lays it bare. What is left is a failed movement of the left, not unlike the Occupy Wall Street...

    Libertarianism

    Posted on October 27, 2011 | No Comments
    In 1986, Peter Schwartz, of The Intellectual Activist and Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Ayn Rand Institute, wrote an analysis of Libertarianism called Libertarianism: The Perversion of Liberty.  In it he takes apart the philosophy of Libertarianism and lays it bare. What is left is a failed movement of the left, not unlike the Occupy Wall Street...

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  • Although the occupiers of Wall Street are for the most part, incoherent in their message one phrase has been repeated often enough to be recognized as a particular grievance of the participants, “crony capitalism.” Cronyism has generally been understood to mean the hiring or promotion of one’s friends into positions of authority or responsibility.   If it takes place in the...

    Hyphenated-capitalism

    Posted on October 20, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Although the occupiers of Wall Street are for the most part, incoherent in their message one phrase has been repeated often enough to be recognized as a particular grievance of the participants, “crony capitalism.” Cronyism has generally been understood to mean the hiring or promotion of one’s friends into positions of authority or responsibility.   If it takes place in the...

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  • Last Thursday a little girl was run over on a street in Foshan City in Communist China.  A dozen passersby ignored her writhing moaning body as it lay in a pool of blood.  Another truck came by, slowed down, and then ran over her legs.  Yet more passersby ignored her until a garbage collector came and moved her to the...

    Love of life – the root of compassion

    Posted on October 20, 2011 | No Comments
    Last Thursday a little girl was run over on a street in Foshan City in Communist China.  A dozen passersby ignored her writhing moaning body as it lay in a pool of blood.  Another truck came by, slowed down, and then ran over her legs.  Yet more passersby ignored her until a garbage collector came and moved her to the...

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  • Some people have likened the recent Wall Street protests to the anti-war protests of the 1960’s. At that time there were a number of iconic symbols, pictures, and phrases that have come to represent that unique time and series of events; the peace symbol which stood for nuclear disarmament, the picture of the flower a Kent state student stuck in...

    Che, icon of the mob

    Posted on October 13, 2011 | 3 Comments
    Some people have likened the recent Wall Street protests to the anti-war protests of the 1960’s. At that time there were a number of iconic symbols, pictures, and phrases that have come to represent that unique time and series of events; the peace symbol which stood for nuclear disarmament, the picture of the flower a Kent state student stuck in...

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  • It’s been over three weeks now since the start of the Occupy Wall Street protest.  We can now see a little more clearly the facts surrounding who started the protest and why.  The first few days of the protest reminded me of the scene from the movie Network where crazed TV anchorman Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch, rants at...

    Occupy Wall Street – anatomy of a protest

    Posted on October 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
    It’s been over three weeks now since the start of the Occupy Wall Street protest.  We can now see a little more clearly the facts surrounding who started the protest and why.  The first few days of the protest reminded me of the scene from the movie Network where crazed TV anchorman Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch, rants at...

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  • On September 22nd a team of scientists working on the OPERA project (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) in Italy released results of their observations of neutrinos which apparently have travelled faster than the speed of light.  Anybody who has the most rudimentary understanding of physics knows that according to Einstein nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Not...

    Looking for the truth in a neutrino

    Posted on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
    On September 22nd a team of scientists working on the OPERA project (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) in Italy released results of their observations of neutrinos which apparently have travelled faster than the speed of light.  Anybody who has the most rudimentary understanding of physics knows that according to Einstein nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Not...

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  • On Sun News Network this week Brian Lilly lamented the fact that the country has no truly conservative politicians.  Not to let that one go, several people e-mailed Mr. Lilly and reminded him that the Freedom Party of Ontario has one of the most fiscally conservative platforms ever heard of in this province.  Subsequently Mr. Lilly had the Leader of...

    Should growing pot net a prison sentence greater than raping a child?

    Posted on September 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
    On Sun News Network this week Brian Lilly lamented the fact that the country has no truly conservative politicians.  Not to let that one go, several people e-mailed Mr. Lilly and reminded him that the Freedom Party of Ontario has one of the most fiscally conservative platforms ever heard of in this province.  Subsequently Mr. Lilly had the Leader of...

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  • The recent ethicaloil.org advertisement asking us to support Alberta oil sands over Saudi oil begs the question, Why?  Because the Saudi’s won’t let women drive?  The Saudis won’t allow women to work?  In Saudi Arabia a women’s testimony is only worth half of that of a man’s? Well, not to make light of these egregious violations of individual rights, only...

    Ethical oil

    Posted on September 22, 2011 | No Comments
    The recent ethicaloil.org advertisement asking us to support Alberta oil sands over Saudi oil begs the question, Why?  Because the Saudi’s won’t let women drive?  The Saudis won’t allow women to work?  In Saudi Arabia a women’s testimony is only worth half of that of a man’s? Well, not to make light of these egregious violations of individual rights, only...

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  • By now we are all familiar with the England riots of a few weeks ago.  By now we are all familiar with all the reasons given to explain the violence, the poor education system, single parenting, lack of father figures, lack of political leadership, ineffective policing, racial tensions, multiculturalism, football hooliganism, Facebook, twitter, cell phones, violent  music lyrics, the poor...

    The solution to violence… the proper philosophy

    Posted on August 18, 2011 | No Comments
    By now we are all familiar with the England riots of a few weeks ago.  By now we are all familiar with all the reasons given to explain the violence, the poor education system, single parenting, lack of father figures, lack of political leadership, ineffective policing, racial tensions, multiculturalism, football hooliganism, Facebook, twitter, cell phones, violent  music lyrics, the poor...

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  • Upon first hearing the news of the bombing and shooting in Norway my first thought, as I’m, sure it was the first thought of many, was that this was yet another attack by Islamists on the West.  We now know of course that the perpetrator, Anders Breivk, was a Norwegian Nationalist.  A Christian, not a Muslim.  What a rarity. How...

    Imbalance of terror…in the media

    Posted on July 28, 2011 | No Comments
    Upon first hearing the news of the bombing and shooting in Norway my first thought, as I’m, sure it was the first thought of many, was that this was yet another attack by Islamists on the West.  We now know of course that the perpetrator, Anders Breivk, was a Norwegian Nationalist.  A Christian, not a Muslim.  What a rarity. How...

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  • When the king of Rome established his Senate 2,700 years ago it was a triple E Senate…Elected, Effective and Equal, the very style of a Senate many would like to see here in Canada.  The first Senators of Rome may have been appointed by King Romulus but subsequent Senators were elected by the tribal Curia,   100 Senators from each of...

    A House divided

    Posted on July 7, 2011 | No Comments
    When the king of Rome established his Senate 2,700 years ago it was a triple E Senate…Elected, Effective and Equal, the very style of a Senate many would like to see here in Canada.  The first Senators of Rome may have been appointed by King Romulus but subsequent Senators were elected by the tribal Curia,   100 Senators from each of...

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  • I do not normally use the word sacred but if there was any unholy thing on Earth worthy of veneration it would be The American Declaration of Independence. At once it is not simply a political document but a moral one. Its preamble, in so few words expresses more than any tome or volume preceding it. Its simplicity in purpose...

    On independence and freedom

    Posted on June 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
    I do not normally use the word sacred but if there was any unholy thing on Earth worthy of veneration it would be The American Declaration of Independence. At once it is not simply a political document but a moral one. Its preamble, in so few words expresses more than any tome or volume preceding it. Its simplicity in purpose...

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  • Over the past 46 years since the formation of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) there have been 20 work stoppages at Canada Post.  Most of these happened in the 1970s and 1980s and recently there has been little disruption in service, if I can use that word to describe mail delivery in this country. However with the latest...

    First class mail, second class citizens

    Posted on June 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Over the past 46 years since the formation of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) there have been 20 work stoppages at Canada Post.  Most of these happened in the 1970s and 1980s and recently there has been little disruption in service, if I can use that word to describe mail delivery in this country. However with the latest...

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  • As with Canada Post the CBC should be another government corporation on the auction block.  Except that unlike mail delivery the CBC could fold tomorrow and few of us would miss it.  In fact, it could be argued that the country would be far better off without the CBC. But the CBC is not primary focus of this article.  I...

    The CBC and the parable of the broken window

    Posted on June 23, 2011 | No Comments
    As with Canada Post the CBC should be another government corporation on the auction block.  Except that unlike mail delivery the CBC could fold tomorrow and few of us would miss it.  In fact, it could be argued that the country would be far better off without the CBC. But the CBC is not primary focus of this article.  I...

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  • There are wide cultural differences in the attitudes towards pornography.  Main-stream videos from Europe, South America and Asia treat sex completely different than we here in North America.  To most of the world sex and the depiction of sex in popular culture and art is commonplace and acceptable.   Pornography is not an issue for most of the world.  In fact,...

    The anti-pornographers

    Posted on June 9, 2011 | No Comments
    There are wide cultural differences in the attitudes towards pornography.  Main-stream videos from Europe, South America and Asia treat sex completely different than we here in North America.  To most of the world sex and the depiction of sex in popular culture and art is commonplace and acceptable.   Pornography is not an issue for most of the world.  In fact,...

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  • Will mankind colonize the galaxy and tame that final frontier? Prior to space flight we, in our ignorance, had created myths regarding our moon and nearest planets and today we are creating myths and fantasies about deep space.  We envisage other races, mostly human in form and oddly enough most speaking English.  We fantasize about traveling to other star systems...

    Some musings on the colonization of space

    Posted on May 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Will mankind colonize the galaxy and tame that final frontier? Prior to space flight we, in our ignorance, had created myths regarding our moon and nearest planets and today we are creating myths and fantasies about deep space.  We envisage other races, mostly human in form and oddly enough most speaking English.  We fantasize about traveling to other star systems...

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  • “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) Jerry Falwell came to prominence in 1979 with the creation of the so-called “Moral Majority.”  A group of evangelical Christians whose aim it was to influence the politics of the United States in such a way as to have society conform to their notion of...

    Ye shall know the truth…

    Posted on May 19, 2011 | No Comments
    “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) Jerry Falwell came to prominence in 1979 with the creation of the so-called “Moral Majority.”  A group of evangelical Christians whose aim it was to influence the politics of the United States in such a way as to have society conform to their notion of...

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  • A Warning from Geert Wilders. Islam – So Unlike Other Religions? Culture Clash – Our Immigration Conundrum. The Fear Factor – A Tale Of Three Religions. Avoiding Totalitarianism In The War Against It.

    Just Right #199: May 12, 2011

    Posted on May 12, 2011 | No Comments
    A Warning from Geert Wilders. Islam – So Unlike Other Religions? Culture Clash – Our Immigration Conundrum. The Fear Factor – A Tale Of Three Religions. Avoiding Totalitarianism In The War Against It.

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  • Dutch Parliamentarian, Geert Wilders appeared at an invitation only event in London, Ontario on May 8th.  The event, sponsored by the International Free Press Society – Canada and the Canada Christian College was moderated by Sun News host Ezra Levant and also featured an interview by Mr. Levant of former Muslim, Sam Solomon. I was fortunate to be invited to...

    Geert Wilders

    Posted on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Dutch Parliamentarian, Geert Wilders appeared at an invitation only event in London, Ontario on May 8th.  The event, sponsored by the International Free Press Society – Canada and the Canada Christian College was moderated by Sun News host Ezra Levant and also featured an interview by Mr. Levant of former Muslim, Sam Solomon. I was fortunate to be invited to...

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  • Focus On: POLITICAL PARTIES – Why They Believe What They Do Anybody But Harper! – Subjectivism Vs Intrinsicism Conservative, Liberal, New Democrat – What Ethical System Motivates Each? A Brief Look At Canada’s Fringe Parties – Dis Dat And De Odder Ting How Many Canadians Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb? Click here to download the program or...

    Just Right #197: April 28, 2011

    Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
    Focus On: POLITICAL PARTIES – Why They Believe What They Do Anybody But Harper! – Subjectivism Vs Intrinsicism Conservative, Liberal, New Democrat – What Ethical System Motivates Each? A Brief Look At Canada’s Fringe Parties – Dis Dat And De Odder Ting How Many Canadians Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb? Click here to download the program or...

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  • With the release of the Atlas Shrugged movie, not to mention the past recession, there has been a renewed interest in the works of Ayn Rand.  Having read all her books my personal favorite of the non-fiction has to be The Romantic Manifesto.  It is this book which has stayed with me for all these 20 years since I first...

    Stop waiting for Godot

    Posted on April 21, 2011 | No Comments
    With the release of the Atlas Shrugged movie, not to mention the past recession, there has been a renewed interest in the works of Ayn Rand.  Having read all her books my personal favorite of the non-fiction has to be The Romantic Manifesto.  It is this book which has stayed with me for all these 20 years since I first...

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  • A capitalist in Canada is faced with no candidate he can support in this election.  Just as with every other federal election prior.  Some might think that the Conservative Party is the party favoured by capitalists but may be because either 1) they don’t understand the definition of capitalism or 2) they don’t understand the Conservative Party of Canada. A...

    Election 2011 – the socialist troika

    Posted on April 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
    A capitalist in Canada is faced with no candidate he can support in this election.  Just as with every other federal election prior.  Some might think that the Conservative Party is the party favoured by capitalists but may be because either 1) they don’t understand the definition of capitalism or 2) they don’t understand the Conservative Party of Canada. A...

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  • For the past three months the Arab world has been undergoing a revolution but not many know how it all began. It started in Tunisia with the overthrow of Dictator Ben Ali but what event started it all. Mohamed Bouazizi, a young fruit vendor killed himself by self-immolation out of despair, humiliation and utter defeat at the hands of a...

    Mohamed Bouazizi – martyr to freedom?

    Posted on March 31, 2011 | No Comments
    For the past three months the Arab world has been undergoing a revolution but not many know how it all began. It started in Tunisia with the overthrow of Dictator Ben Ali but what event started it all. Mohamed Bouazizi, a young fruit vendor killed himself by self-immolation out of despair, humiliation and utter defeat at the hands of a...

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  • Anti-Tech Fallout? Let’s Be Clear On Nuclear. Tunisian Choice – How The Revolution Began. A Deja Vu Election – Coalition Conundrum. Diamond Aircraft – Layoff, Not Takeoff. Click here to download the program or click the player below to stream it

    Just Right #193: March 31, 2011

    Posted on March 31, 2011 | No Comments
    Anti-Tech Fallout? Let’s Be Clear On Nuclear. Tunisian Choice – How The Revolution Began. A Deja Vu Election – Coalition Conundrum. Diamond Aircraft – Layoff, Not Takeoff. Click here to download the program or click the player below to stream it

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  • It was Earth Hour last week and apparently it went virtually unnoticed by the vast majority of us according to the hydro usage stats kept by the various electrical utilities.  People were to turn off their lights and appliances and sit in the dark around candles and contemplate how technology is destroying the planet.  It was a very competitive observance...

    Fukushima and the anti-technology fallout

    Posted on March 31, 2011 | 3 Comments
    It was Earth Hour last week and apparently it went virtually unnoticed by the vast majority of us according to the hydro usage stats kept by the various electrical utilities.  People were to turn off their lights and appliances and sit in the dark around candles and contemplate how technology is destroying the planet.  It was a very competitive observance...

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  • Feminism – Still Relevant? Responsibility To Protect Doctrine Means Perpetual War. Stepping Into The Briar Patch – Declaring War On Libya. Business And Government – Giving Us The Business

    Just Right #192: March 24, 2011

    Posted on March 24, 2011 | No Comments
    Feminism – Still Relevant? Responsibility To Protect Doctrine Means Perpetual War. Stepping Into The Briar Patch – Declaring War On Libya. Business And Government – Giving Us The Business

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  • With the declaration of war upon Libya by the United Nations the face of world conflict has changed forever.  War has now become a perpetual means to enforce a New World Order based on altruism.  We have entered a new age of despotism and we are at the center of it. The proper question Stephen Harper, Barack Obama and the...

    “The Responsibility to Protect”

    Posted on March 24, 2011 | No Comments
    With the declaration of war upon Libya by the United Nations the face of world conflict has changed forever.  War has now become a perpetual means to enforce a New World Order based on altruism.  We have entered a new age of despotism and we are at the center of it. The proper question Stephen Harper, Barack Obama and the...

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  • When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was himself a doctor, wrote about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes over 100 years ago, the notion that a person could abuse mind altering drugs or frequent opium dens was as common as our young people today taking ecstasy or oxycodone.  What Doyle probably could not have envisaged nor condoned would be the government...

    Jackboots and stethoscopes

    Posted on March 9, 2011 | No Comments
    When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was himself a doctor, wrote about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes over 100 years ago, the notion that a person could abuse mind altering drugs or frequent opium dens was as common as our young people today taking ecstasy or oxycodone.  What Doyle probably could not have envisaged nor condoned would be the government...

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  • Many institutions of the fourth estate often advertise themselves as “trusted” news sources.  Trust is the fourth estate’s backbone.  Without trust I would venture to say that news organizations would no longer exist.  People would no longer view their news programs, nor buy their newspapers and businesses would no longer advertize with them. But trust is a fleeting thing.  Any...

    The failure of the fourth estate

    Posted on February 3, 2011 | No Comments
    Many institutions of the fourth estate often advertise themselves as “trusted” news sources.  Trust is the fourth estate’s backbone.  Without trust I would venture to say that news organizations would no longer exist.  People would no longer view their news programs, nor buy their newspapers and businesses would no longer advertize with them. But trust is a fleeting thing.  Any...

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  • With the birth on December 29th, 2010 of Savannah Phillips, the first great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II, daughter to Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly of Montreal, 12th in line to the throne and Canadian by descent, I thought it appropriate to resurrect the text (slightly edited) from “Just Right” show #127 of November 5, 2009. Is there a role for...

    A Canadian Queen of England?

    Posted on January 8, 2011 | No Comments
    With the birth on December 29th, 2010 of Savannah Phillips, the first great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II, daughter to Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly of Montreal, 12th in line to the throne and Canadian by descent, I thought it appropriate to resurrect the text (slightly edited) from “Just Right” show #127 of November 5, 2009. Is there a role for...

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  • We’ve heard the call to get rid of the one-cent coin before and nothing has come from it.  Now we have a report from the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance renewing the call for its demise. While I can’t say I really care one way or the other whether or not we keep or lose the penny I am...

    Noncents

    Posted on January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
    We’ve heard the call to get rid of the one-cent coin before and nothing has come from it.  Now we have a report from the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance renewing the call for its demise. While I can’t say I really care one way or the other whether or not we keep or lose the penny I am...

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  • The recent court case of Winston Blackmore and James Oler of Bountiful, B.C. has ignited considerable debate over the practice of polygamy and of the definition of marriage. The issue can be examined from many angles.  There are moral, religious and legal arguments for and against polygamy.  However, I particularly found interesting the growing list of non sequitur arguments. The...

    Polygamy – untangling the web

    Posted on December 2, 2010 | No Comments
    The recent court case of Winston Blackmore and James Oler of Bountiful, B.C. has ignited considerable debate over the practice of polygamy and of the definition of marriage. The issue can be examined from many angles.  There are moral, religious and legal arguments for and against polygamy.  However, I particularly found interesting the growing list of non sequitur arguments. The...

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  • The recent trial of Torontonian David Chen and two of his employees at the Lucky Moose market has sparked a debate about the limit on the use of force to protect your property. To briefly summarize the case a man by the name of Anthony Bennett had stolen some plants from Mr. Chen’s market but was identified by Chen on...

    Citizen’s arrest powers and the consent of the governed

    Posted on November 4, 2010 | No Comments
    The recent trial of Torontonian David Chen and two of his employees at the Lucky Moose market has sparked a debate about the limit on the use of force to protect your property. To briefly summarize the case a man by the name of Anthony Bennett had stolen some plants from Mr. Chen’s market but was identified by Chen on...

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  • Any talk on poverty such as the one we had on our show last week will inevitably bring up discussion around compassion.  I received a note from Ralf, a loyal listener in Italy, who asked if “giving” is implied in the word compassion.  To this I would say no. Compassion is an emotion akin to sympathy which arises out of...

    Beware the Samaritan snare

    Posted on October 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Any talk on poverty such as the one we had on our show last week will inevitably bring up discussion around compassion.  I received a note from Ralf, a loyal listener in Italy, who asked if “giving” is implied in the word compassion.  To this I would say no. Compassion is an emotion akin to sympathy which arises out of...

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  • When I was but a lad of 8 I watched the Americans land men on the moon and I became hooked on NASA’s space program.  I remember the Skylab mission and I remember recording the Apollo/Soyuz docking on my tape recorder while sitting in front of the television.  When the shuttle was announced I sent away to NASA for an...

    Space case – why Canada should greatly expand its space program

    Posted on October 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
    When I was but a lad of 8 I watched the Americans land men on the moon and I became hooked on NASA’s space program.  I remember the Skylab mission and I remember recording the Apollo/Soyuz docking on my tape recorder while sitting in front of the television.  When the shuttle was announced I sent away to NASA for an...

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  • We can no longer rely on the US to protect this country should we run into trouble.

    Canada’s nuclear option – why we should learn to love the bomb

    Posted on September 23, 2010 | No Comments
    We can no longer rely on the US to protect this country should we run into trouble.

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  • General Douglas MacArthur was a leader.  In this case a military leader, but a leader who could command men to their deaths, change the course of history with his words and deeds, and do so with dignity and style.  In his speech to Congress of 1951 his language was not colloquial but formal and romantic in style.  He spoke with...

    Leaders and demagogues

    Posted on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
    General Douglas MacArthur was a leader.  In this case a military leader, but a leader who could command men to their deaths, change the course of history with his words and deeds, and do so with dignity and style.  In his speech to Congress of 1951 his language was not colloquial but formal and romantic in style.  He spoke with...

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  • Of the two main political parties in Canada it is my belief that it is the Conservative Party which has the most detrimental effect on freedom. When Stephen Harper’s Conservatives where elected to Parliament in 2006 I was hopeful that this new breed would change the direction of conservatism in Canada.  I was mistaken. Because of their willingness to debate...

    The false hope of conservatism

    Posted on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Of the two main political parties in Canada it is my belief that it is the Conservative Party which has the most detrimental effect on freedom. When Stephen Harper’s Conservatives where elected to Parliament in 2006 I was hopeful that this new breed would change the direction of conservatism in Canada.  I was mistaken. Because of their willingness to debate...

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  • A proper government is one whose sole reason for existence is the protection of man’s individual rights.  The protection of a man’s right to his life, his liberty, his property, and his pursuit of happiness to name a few. A proper government is one whose goal is to eliminate the initiation of force in society.  It is able to do...

    The cost of good governance

    Posted on July 22, 2010 | No Comments
    A proper government is one whose sole reason for existence is the protection of man’s individual rights.  The protection of a man’s right to his life, his liberty, his property, and his pursuit of happiness to name a few. A proper government is one whose goal is to eliminate the initiation of force in society.  It is able to do...

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  • 1 – The Violence We can learn a lot from the recent G8 and the G20 meetings in Muskoka and Toronto.  Not only did we see the violence we come to expect from the Left but we saw an exceptional amount of violence, deceit, incompetence, and rights violations from the police and the McGuinty government. To begin with the protesters...

    Lessons from G8/G20

    Posted on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
    1 – The Violence We can learn a lot from the recent G8 and the G20 meetings in Muskoka and Toronto.  Not only did we see the violence we come to expect from the Left but we saw an exceptional amount of violence, deceit, incompetence, and rights violations from the police and the McGuinty government. To begin with the protesters...

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  • The Quebec Superior Court handed down a decision last week attempting to resolve a dispute between the Quebec government and a Jesuit Catholic school. Loyola High School in Montreal challenged a provincially required ethics course on religious grounds.  With the decision it won the right to teach its own brand of ethics to its students. When I first learned of...

    Vacuum ethics

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    The Quebec Superior Court handed down a decision last week attempting to resolve a dispute between the Quebec government and a Jesuit Catholic school. Loyola High School in Montreal challenged a provincially required ethics course on religious grounds.  With the decision it won the right to teach its own brand of ethics to its students. When I first learned of...

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  • The incidents of criminal trials being conducted out of the eyes of the public or the press seem to be increasing and if the rate publication bans continues justice in this country may become a thing of the past. Ayn Rand once wrote, “Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you...

    Publication bans – see no evil, see no justice

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    The incidents of criminal trials being conducted out of the eyes of the public or the press seem to be increasing and if the rate publication bans continues justice in this country may become a thing of the past. Ayn Rand once wrote, “Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you...

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  • Since Galileo there has been a battle between science and religion to see which is the better way to discover the truth about the universe. Before I get into this I better clarify what I mean by the terms science and religion.  The word science comes from the latin “scientia” meaning “knowledge” and science refers to a system of acquiring...

    The ‘God spot’

    Posted on April 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Since Galileo there has been a battle between science and religion to see which is the better way to discover the truth about the universe. Before I get into this I better clarify what I mean by the terms science and religion.  The word science comes from the latin “scientia” meaning “knowledge” and science refers to a system of acquiring...

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  • In an article from Switzerland: Projections show Swiss voters have rejected a plan to appoint special lawyers for animals that have been abused by humans. 71 percent of voters cast their ballot against the proposal by animal rights activists to extend nationwide a system already in place in Zurich since 1992. Switzerland tightened its animal protection laws two years ago...

    Animal rights and human wrongs

    Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments
    In an article from Switzerland: Projections show Swiss voters have rejected a plan to appoint special lawyers for animals that have been abused by humans. 71 percent of voters cast their ballot against the proposal by animal rights activists to extend nationwide a system already in place in Zurich since 1992. Switzerland tightened its animal protection laws two years ago...

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  • I can’t say that I know much about “black history”, in fact I can’t say I know much about “white history, yellow history, red history or brown history.”  But now that it is black history month I decided to educate myself a little about this month of remembrance. I turned to Wikipedia for a quick synopsis: The purpose of Black...

    Black history month

    Posted on February 11, 2010 | No Comments
    I can’t say that I know much about “black history”, in fact I can’t say I know much about “white history, yellow history, red history or brown history.”  But now that it is black history month I decided to educate myself a little about this month of remembrance. I turned to Wikipedia for a quick synopsis: The purpose of Black...

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  • A recent Leger Marketing poll has revealed that 53% of Canadians believe that human-induced generation of greenhouse gases is a key driver of climate change and without immediate and significant action, the planet as we know it is in peril. This shows a drastic need for immediate education of those 53% who apparently have been misinformed and because of the...

    The hot air of climate change

    Posted on January 7, 2010 | No Comments
    A recent Leger Marketing poll has revealed that 53% of Canadians believe that human-induced generation of greenhouse gases is a key driver of climate change and without immediate and significant action, the planet as we know it is in peril. This shows a drastic need for immediate education of those 53% who apparently have been misinformed and because of the...

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  • The London, Ontario bus driver’s strike is a very good example of how force and coercion in society can lead to direct and intentional hardship for many and rising costs for all.  The strike has seen many people having to seek alternative methods of transportation, many of them quite expensive like taxi cabs, some have complained that they are in...

    The Rand Formula, unions, coercion and violence

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
    The London, Ontario bus driver’s strike is a very good example of how force and coercion in society can lead to direct and intentional hardship for many and rising costs for all.  The strike has seen many people having to seek alternative methods of transportation, many of them quite expensive like taxi cabs, some have complained that they are in...

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  • Climategate:  A quick synopsis of the events.  On Nov. 17th, 2009 an anonymous hacker posted stolen e-mails and source documents on the internet.  These e-mails were stolen from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit headed by Professor Phil Jones. The e-mails have been confirmed by Dr. Jones to be authentic. The e-mails appear to suggest that Jones and...

    Climategate – revealing the media bias

    Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Climategate:  A quick synopsis of the events.  On Nov. 17th, 2009 an anonymous hacker posted stolen e-mails and source documents on the internet.  These e-mails were stolen from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit headed by Professor Phil Jones. The e-mails have been confirmed by Dr. Jones to be authentic. The e-mails appear to suggest that Jones and...

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  • My first recollection of Star Trek wasn’t its philosophy or its depiction of a positive future of heroes and adventure.  It was being frightened at the image of Balok in “The Corbomite Maneuver”.  I was only six or seven years old after all. Despite that I was an avid fan of the show since it first aired I have seen...

    Star Trek – Gods and capitalists

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
    My first recollection of Star Trek wasn’t its philosophy or its depiction of a positive future of heroes and adventure.  It was being frightened at the image of Balok in “The Corbomite Maneuver”.  I was only six or seven years old after all. Despite that I was an avid fan of the show since it first aired I have seen...

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  • Every November 11th we honour the war dead by remembering their courage, their suffering, their risking of their lives.  Some might say sacrifice but that word is often used erroneously. Why would a young man want to carry a rifle, be shipped overseas to face great hardship and possible death?  Why did 65,000 Canadians and 1,200 Newfoundlanders die during WWI? ...

    Why we fight

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Every November 11th we honour the war dead by remembering their courage, their suffering, their risking of their lives.  Some might say sacrifice but that word is often used erroneously. Why would a young man want to carry a rifle, be shipped overseas to face great hardship and possible death?  Why did 65,000 Canadians and 1,200 Newfoundlanders die during WWI? ...

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  • This week (Oct 22, 2009) some London City Councilors have suggested that the city turn off its street lights completely so that that the birds and the trees can get their rest.  Yes, not the birds and the bees but the birds and the trees.  This dark skies lunacy is just another innovative way that the meddlers have found find...

    The “green” movement – hatred of the good for being the good

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    This week (Oct 22, 2009) some London City Councilors have suggested that the city turn off its street lights completely so that that the birds and the trees can get their rest.  Yes, not the birds and the bees but the birds and the trees.  This dark skies lunacy is just another innovative way that the meddlers have found find...

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  • Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, or Privacy Czar as she has been called, has just released her annual report to Parliament.  Now I have never given too much thought to the comings and goings of the Privacy Commissioner except perhaps on a couple of occasions… must recently the decision this summer to investigate complaints against the Social Networking site facebook.   Prior...

    The right to privacy

    Posted on October 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, or Privacy Czar as she has been called, has just released her annual report to Parliament.  Now I have never given too much thought to the comings and goings of the Privacy Commissioner except perhaps on a couple of occasions… must recently the decision this summer to investigate complaints against the Social Networking site facebook.   Prior...

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  • Other shows and the newspapers have touched on the recent introduction of Bill C-384 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Right to die with dignity) but what I would like to do is to take us through the bill, clause by clause and discuss the arguments against the bill and those in favour. And the best place to start...

    Assisted suicide and the right to die with dignity

    Posted on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Other shows and the newspapers have touched on the recent introduction of Bill C-384 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Right to die with dignity) but what I would like to do is to take us through the bill, clause by clause and discuss the arguments against the bill and those in favour. And the best place to start...

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