Spam on .edu blogs? From Ars Technica,
Think back to the time when you filled out university applications. Which of the following might have suggested to you that the educational institution in question was not a great choice?
1. Its web site is the world’s worst-looking WordPress page
2. It has been sued by the State of Hawaii [...]

Although this post is a departure from my usual ramblings on politics or WordPress it is important nevertheless and I felt compelled to share it. The subject matter is, you guessed it, life and death. This has significant meaning in my case as we recently lost a dear family friend - a kind and gentle [...]

Has anyone seen this story? The Lakota Sioux Indians have withdrawn from all treaties with the U.S government and have declared independence. From a news release at CommonDreams.org,
Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday’s withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government. The withdrawal, hand [...]

Should Canada be deporting people when the act is akin to nothing more than a death sentence?
Hussein Jilaow was a violent criminal and a member of a local street gang here in Winnipeg known for its extreme brutality. The gang is largely comprised of African immigrants. Since coming to Canada in 1999 as a 14 [...]

I sometimes have a difficult time wrapping my head around some of the decisions brought down by our justice system. While there have been many, some of which I blogged about, I refer this time to 2 separate cases both involving murder.
Peter DeBungee happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Back [...]

Much has been written about Comedy Central’s decision to not allow South Park to include an image of Mohammed in one of their episodes. Not only is the blogosphere abuzz but the MSM has also taken an interest.
For those who have never seen the show it is an animated half hour program centered around a [...]

Staying with the religion theme for a moment the Gospel of Judas, lost for some 1,700 years, has been fully restored and translated. The book, unveiled at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C. contains a big surprise.

The Bible’s New Testament Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - depict Judas Iscariot, one of the [...]

I’m sure by now everyone has heard the story in which a Florida State University professor says that Jesus may have actually walked on a patch of ice. Now I’m not a religious man, at least not in the sense of the mainstream organized variety but I have a problem with this theory. Notwithstanding the [...]

I saw an amazing documentary/biography last night from the Discovery Channel called Grizzly Man which dealt with the life of Timothy Treadwell. For those not familiar with the name he was an animal activist who spent 13 seasons living with the grizzly bears in the wilds of Alaska producing some of the most [...]

In my previous post I criticized the violent reaction to the cartoon debacle on two points:

The satirical cartoons sought to draw a connection between Islam and the extremists who use it to justify their violent actions. Their very reaction proves the point. The defense rests.
Those feigning shock and horror do so under the pretense that [...]