Entries from July 2009

July 28, 2009

Did you freely choose to read this blog?

If you are reading this blog entry, clearly, you made a choice to do so.
My question for you is, “Did you freely choose to read it?”
Unless someone is holding a gun to your head, holding your family hostage, or    threatening to blow up a government building if you don’t read it, then most of you [...]

July 24, 2009

Some Friday Fun to Ease You Into the Weekend

This is quite funny.
Dara O’Briain Sets the Record Straight on Homeopathy

July 18, 2009

Cronkite 92, Apollo 11, and a 12-year-old’s wonderment

Many of you will have already heard the news that Walter Cronkite, former CBS News anchor, passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Cronkite was a mainstay in most American family’s homes in the 60s and 70s and also in many Canadian’s. His prime years coincided with my youth and adolescence and the budding [...]

July 14, 2009

My second appearance on the John Oakley Show

Hi everyone. I am very excited that next Tuesday, July 21 at 9:00 a.m. EST, I will be a guest on John Oakley’s “The Culture War!” segment of his morning show (AM640). I will be debating and discussing with Charles McVety, President of Canada Christian College. I don’t know the exact topics just yet, but [...]

July 12, 2009

A Phrase I Love to Hate

“I’m not religious, I’m spiritual.”
Or, its converse, “I’m spiritual, but not religious”
I’m sorry if I offend some of you reading this, but I find those phrases annoying as all get out.
I realize that most people have the best of intentions in using them. I get that they are trying to say that they reject the [...]

July 8, 2009

Vegetarian Diet Protects Against Some Cancers

This article is from Canada’s national paper, The Globe & Mail, and is written by one of our nationally known nutritionists, Leslie Beck.
If you favour meat over vegetarian fare, you might want to reconsider your menu. According to a study published this week in the British Journal of Cancer, vegetarians are less likely than meat [...]