January 3, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

Blame the misguided liberal 'Christians'

"I'd rather face the anger of the people than the anger of God." - Mike Huckabee, Arkansas Governor. Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, is not the kind of Christian politician who apologizes for his faith. Quite the opposite. More...

Hail to 'The Power of One"

Successes in life are usually due to the imagination and determination of individuals. More...

Know What You Believe and Why You Believe It

Year ending reviews, forecasts for the new year, new year´s resolutions, turning over a new leaf are just some of the catch phrases that are being tossed around this time of year. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Nominations led to acclamations in most area municipalities

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 3, 1908 • Although elections are pending for councils in Dufferin's municipalities and for all offices on Orangeville Council, acclamations dominated the scene in the townships and for Shelburne's reeveship More...

The '08 years

Once again this column, now on the cusp of its 18th year in this space, looks back through a millennium, this time to some of the years ending in '08. As ever, people were coping with the present, hoping for the future. More...

Move to dump Tory as leader likely to fail

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are being urged to dump leader John Tory and return to the far-right policies of former premier Mike Harris - but they would have as much a chance of winning running as the Flat Earth Society. More...

Pornography

Pornography has see-sawed throughout history. In 1961 I saw a fair bit preserved in fresco on the walls of ancient Pompeii. Back then pornographic novels were returning to bookstores in the U.S., only to be banned again 20 years later. More...