Robocalls a new low in Canadian politics

February 29, 2012 - 16 h 14

“Everyone knows politics is a contact sport,” Barack Obama once said, and those who follow politics religiously, whether because it’s their job or it’s in their best interest as voters to do so, know that to clearly be the case.

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Parents wrong to reject ethics and religion course

February 23, 2012 - 10 h 29

If "education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one," as Malcolm Forbes once stated, it stands to reason that the frantic attempts made by the Drummondville couple to exempt their child from the new ethics and religious culture...

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Does defending civil liberties in this country mean siding with child pornographers?

February 15, 2012 - 15 h 55

Public Minister Vic Toews is busy currently introducing lawful access legislation (Bill C-30) in the House of Commons. Among its many new mandates will be the disclosure of Internet provider customer information without court oversight and new...

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Madonna challenges antiquated notions of female sexuality

February 10, 2012 - 13 h 47

When it was announced that Madonna would be performing at the Super Bowl half-time show, I responded with a shrug of the shoulders. I’m neither a fan of football, nor overblown spectacles designed to entertain a crowd that's full on Budweiser...

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Boisvenu comments objectionable, but…

February 3, 2012 - 17 h 18

I hate when I find myself siding with someone I fundamentally disagree with, because it always makes me feel a little dirty. Like I need to quickly run and take a shower…

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Our new dependency

January 6, 2012 - 15 h 41

I’m writing this week’s column on my lunch break. I have a tuna salad to my left, my desktop in front of me, e-mail open, my iPhone to my right, and a second screen showcasing nothing but Twitter accounts I follow. Every once in a while my...

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The importance of being earnest

January 3, 2012 - 11 h 44

“I became a journalist because I didn’t want to rely on newspapers for information,” said the late, great Christopher Hitchens in his usual acerbic, take-no-prisoners tone. I often go back to this line, when I think of ways to bring...

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Bullying from a safe distance

December 2, 2011 - 16 h 20

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Falling in love with the foreign

December 8, 2008 - 13 h 58

This past weekend, I finally finished reading Montreal author Linda Leith's autobiographical new book, entitled "Marrying Hungary". I started reading it for the purposes of a review (Leith resides in NDG and therefore makes for a perfect Monitor...

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