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 Caving to half-baked birther clowns shames Arizona
If 0.002 per cent of Arizonans demanded that Ken Bennett, the state's Republican secretary of state, go to work in the nude, would he comply? Not likely. After all, Mr. Bennett, the former Republican president of the Arizona Senate, is planning to run for governor in two years. It wouldn't pay to
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 It's an economy, not a 'disease'
Sigh. I see once again it falls to me to defend Tom Mulcair. The NDP leader is taking heavy fire from all sides for his invocation of the "Dutch disease" as an argument for taxing the oilsands. No doubt you've heard the pitch: By failing to charge the industry for the carbon dioxide and other
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 Egyptian vote bad for Israel
TEL AVIV -- As 50 million Egyptian voters go to the polls to elect a new president today, one thing is already clear -- Israel is the big loser in these post-Mubarak elections.
Public opinion polls in Egypt, commissioned by Israeli groups, came to the same conclusion.
While none of the 13...
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 It's a 'disease,' the studies agree
Canada appears poised to rerun the bitterly divisive East versus West resource wars of the 1980s. But a leading economist argues they can be avoided.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says the "rip and run" exploitation of Alberta's oilsands is killing Canada's manufacturing sector by driving up the value
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 When vigilantes are morality police
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The stage was already set for battle between the 52,000 Indonesian fans of Lady Gaga, who bought and paid for tickets to see her perform, and the 30,000-strong Islamic Defenders Front, who promised to disrupt her concert in Jakarta scheduled for June 3.
Going by the Twitter
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 Fewer than 10% of children meet healthy activity levels
It's a very sad day and age when parents are encouraged to strap pedometers to their kids to determine if they're meeting their targets for physical activity.
It seems the days are gone when kids virtually had to be pulled home by their parents after playing sports in their free time.
Now, kids
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 NATO lacks rules on drones
Last weekend, when NATO leaders met in Chicago, they unveiled a series of new projects, among them, apparently, a program to develop and expand the use of unmanned aerial vehicles --or "drones" -- to confront the security threats of the future and make better use of tighter budgets.
Used first...
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 'Western Civilization' remains legitimate
Something we haven't heard many university commencement speakers discuss this year is our Western heritage -- or the related topics of "Western civilization," "Great Books" or "the classics."
The hostility to such topics is not new; it goes back at least four decades. It reached its apex in
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 Pesticide bans do backfire
With winter quickly fading to a distant memory, homeowners are eagerly turning their minds to gardens and lawn care. Unfortunately, the Manitoba government has plans to make these jobs a lot more difficult.
In February, Conservation Minister Gord Mackintosh promised some sort of pesticide ban
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 Slipping down the silentless slope
In New Paltz, N.Y., 80 miles north of Manhattan, Richard Parisio laments the disturbance of the "sweet pure song of the white-throated sparrow." The culprit? Hydraulic fracturing, Parisio writes in the New Paltz Times -- "noise, night and day, from droning compressors, clanging drilling rigs,
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 EU trade pact positive move
Canada is negotiating the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union. The recent stirrings of public debate over what the CETA might mean for municipal public procurement in Canada, or drug prices, brings back memories of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement of the
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 Those boys can jig!
If you're a fan of TV talent shows, then Sagkeeng's Finest have likely already danced their way into your heart.
Vince O'Laney and Brandon and Dallas Courchene -- the fast-stepping square dancers from Sagkeeng First Nation -- took top honours on Canada's Got Talent this week. I didn't tune in
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 Tibetans burning for freedom
The number of Tibetans burning themselves to death in protests against Chinese policy has grown very fast recently. The first self-immolation was in 2009, but 22 of the 30 incidents happened in the past year. Though at first it was only Buddhist monks and nuns who were setting themselves on fire,
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U.S. third-way party fizzles
What happens if you start a political party and nobody comes? Six months ago, a newfangled third party burst onto the scene, full of hope and promise. It was called Americans Elect, and it sought to give voters a choice many said they were looking for: "centrist" candidates who could break the
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 The 'dreams of a barefoot boy' CUT DOWN TO SIZE
WASHINGTON -- To the alabaster immortals of the American capital -- Abraham Lincoln in his armchair, Thomas Jefferson on his pedestal, Martin Luther King, Jr. emerging, stern-faced from a solid slab of stone -- the world's most famous and infamous architect proposes to add a very different sort
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 Grab a java and you might just live forever
Every few months scientists inform us that something we have been doing for years will either kill us or make us live forever. According to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine, coffee extends your life. Drink six or more cups per day, and you have a 10 to 15 per cent lower risk
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 EU must act now for Greece
222As fury in Athens runs up against frustration with Greek recalcitrance in the rest of the European Union, the EU's most troubled economy could be heading out of the single currency within weeks. If Greek banks suffer a mass run, as depositors withdraw euros for fear that they will be forcibly...
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 A Central Park for The Forks
Many years ago, when I first heard the rail yards were going to be cleared, I envisioned a magnificent central park in the heart of my hometown at The Forks, one of the most historic locations in Western Canada.
Here was the opportunity of a lifetime -- of many lifetimes. I saw a Stanley Park, a
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 Oleson made world more interesting
The Winnipeg Free Press lost one of its most fearless voices - and one of its most loyal friends -- Thursday. Longtime editorial writer Tom Oleson died in hospital just after dawn. He was 66 years old.
In his wake are a lifetime of well-chosen words, polished sentences and great stories. He was...
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 Downtowns key to prosperity in our cities, study confirms
While many people have known downtowns are essential for a sustainable and vibrant city -- this viewpoint is now validated in an unprecedented and groundbreaking Canadian research study: The Value of Investing in Canadian Downtowns, commissioned by the International Downtown Association.
This
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 Time for Canadians to get back to work
BRANDON -- A number of years ago, a friend of mine lost his unionized job when the plant he had been working at was shut down. Two weeks later, he received an offer of full-time employment in an unrelated field for $16 per hour.
He turned it down, explaining that "I was paid $28 per hour. That's
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 Bear-baiting, spring hunt will produce orphans
It is truly heartwarming to see people rally to an animal in distress such as the tiny bear cub Makoon -- rescued from a ditch and now in care.
You see similar outpourings everywhere -- for dogs rescued off ice floes, beached whales and schools of dolphins that inexplicably beach themselves and
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 They aren't all 'bogus' refugees, as portrayed by Kenney
In the midst of the current brouhaha around the Harper government's effective cancellation of the interim federal health program for refugees, a major paradox is flying under the public's radar.
As health-care professionals -- doctors, dentists, pharmacists -- raise their protests in letters,...
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 Big-box retailers jump on green bandwagon, sort of
Canada's newest IKEA will open soon in Winnipeg, and citizens have eagerly begun counting down the days to their first visit.
While Manitobans generally view shopping at big-box stores as a chore, they seem to be absolutely giddy at the prospect of assembling their homes with an Allen
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 Play's the thing to catch conscience of Parliament
It's time for opposition brinksmanship in Ottawa; time for real drama to highlight Parliament's degradation. For inspiration, the opposition could look to a seminal event in the Manitoba legislature in November 1996.
Conservative House Leader Peter Van Loan routinely uses the word "orderly" as
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