Author: Stephen Dawe

  • Charity: Carleton’s student union decides that cistic fibrosis isn’t an “inclusive” enough disease, and so pulls support for Shinorama. Culture: In a stunning victory for freedom and tolerance, an American film festival director is forced to resign because he had the audacity to give money to support California’s proposition 8. Gift giving: Not sure what…

  • Law: The American NAtional Park Police seem to believe a man handing out poppies (what we Canadians know as a symbol of war veterans) is a panhandler. Evil?: GetReligion comments on the story of a young man who killed himself by overdose while many watched over webcam feed. Reading: Tim Challies posts a series of…

  • Do schools today kill creativity? (Ken Robinson, TEDTalks) Interesting talk, I’d like to know what you all think

  • Aid Work: The Taliban shoots to death a Christian woman working with the handicapped in Kabul. (Can’t have Christians doing nice stuff for the disabled, after all). The BBC does a special report on the dangers facing aid workers U.S. Politics: I wonder how a libertarian squares a vote with the apparently socialist leanings of…

  • Archaeology: The tomb of one of Marcus Aurelius’ generals is found in Rome. Politics (sorta): Kenyan officials want an upgrade to the airport in Kisumu (Kenya) so that Air Force One can land there if Barack Obama is elected president. Obama also has a beer named after him there. Religion and speech: Apparently it’s anti-Hindu…