Marriage has a heterosexual problem. When the termites have done their work on the foundations of the home, it doesn’t take much to knock it down. Such is the case of traditional marriage. It does not face a homosexual crisis … Continue reading →

On today’s 100th day of protests by Quebec students, Journal de Montreal columnist Richard Martineau offers a scabrous depiction of his province. Citing former Laval University professor and labour relations specialist Rejean Breton, Martineau renders Quebecers as infantile, self-obsessed fantasists … Continue reading →

When the Quebec student protests started, my earliest feelings were of sympathy. These were fellow student, with whom I felt a kinship. Finally someone had taken up arms against ever-increasing tuition prices! On the surface, a student protest is impractical, … Continue reading →

My children surprised me last week with a ticket for the Miriam Toews luncheon here in Hamilton. Toews was going to be reading from her latest novel, Irma Voth, and taking questions from the audience. Upon entering the hall, I … Continue reading →

At the annual spiritual exercises of the Catholic fraternity to which I belong, we spent the weekend oscillating between questions and Christ. Not, I must quickly add, the sophomoric, pseudo-theological questions of our era’s anti-theists who witlessly insist that corrosive … Continue reading →

Here are three separate stories that have been making Canadian news of late. Note that none of them have a particular sporting theme. After three months of student protests, many of which have become violent, Quebec’s Minister of Education resigned … Continue reading →

In 1984, British rock star Madonna took to the stage to perform “Like a Virgin” sporting a very large cross on a chain around her neck. The song was a major hit. So was the cross. Suddenly everyone was wearing … Continue reading →

In Time‘s latest issue, Graham Allison chronicles the timing and decisions leading up to the raid and killing of Osama bin Laden. “How it Went Down” is a pop analysis by a rock star foreign policy analyst, one who cut … Continue reading →

It always amazes me how Christians clamouring to be heard in the public square are so often convinced they are best understood with both feet in their mouth. Within a month, we’ve had two cringe-inducing high-profile examples of the syndrome. … Continue reading →

The second issue of Cardus’s newest publication enterprise, Convivium, is off the press and Father de Souza’s “Sea to Sea” column includes an account of a conversation he had with the late Father Richard John Neuhaus in 2008 regarding this … Continue reading →