Political Opinion

This is very likely to be the dumbest article I have ever written, but here goes. There are numerous articles and a cottage industry for books predicting the fall of Europe to Islam and renaming it Eurostan or Eurabia. For some reason, I have always found these dire scenarios to be void. I have had this feeling despite all the evidence pointing to the validity of the changing demographic in Europe; this will change at some point. The odd thing was that I could never quite put my finger in why... Read Full Story

"Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said he disagreed with Dallaire's choice of words, and hinted the senator could be disciplined. "This is a matter to deal with the (party) whip, and we'll deal with that,'' Dion told reporters." Canadian Press Every day in the House of Commons, the weak kneed character who currently leads the Liberal Party of Canada abrogates his responsibility as Leader of the Official Opposition and allows Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney types to run rough shod over the nation... Read Full Story

On April 4, 2008, Stephen King and family appeared at the Library of Congress where He, his wife Tabitha and son Owen spoke. The event was sponsored by The PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program, in collaboration with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. They each read excerpts of their latest writings, which went very well. Afterwards, in an informal atmosphere, they took questions and answered often expanding; as many writers are want to do. It was during this part late in... Read Full Story

On May 4th, 1970 at Kent State University in Ohio, students protesting the escalation of the War in Vietnam into Cambodia by the Republican Nixon administration, were gunned down by members of the National Guard. The shootings led to protests on college campuses throughout the nation, and a student strike - causing over 450 university campuses across the United States and Canada to close with both violent and non-violent demonstrations. A common sentiment was expressed by students at New... Read Full Story

Today is a great day that will go down in history as the day the United States, or at least the State of New York, took a giant step in enabling the truth to be said about the terror masters without fear of reprisals. Today the New York legislature unanimously passed the Libel Terrorism Protection Act and sent it to the Governor for his signature. Those wishing to read the bill, it can be found in PDF format here. Obviously, his signature is merely a formality at this point. If there is any... Read Full Story