Living wills in Canada
California opens the door to physician assisted suicide
The myth of dying
Senate brief
Religious Tolerance presents: Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
Oregon’s physician assisted suicide reports
The fight for the right
Senate committee’s final report on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Separation of Church and State
A Presbyterian pastor praises the separation
Catholic ban on royal marriages under attack
Religion creeps into Britain’s elections
Air Force Academy attempts to deal with religious discrimination
What exactly is the separation of church and state?
U.S. Lawsuit over teaching ‘Intelligent Design’ theory in Science classes
Stockwell Day continues to mix his religion with our country’s politics
U.S. church/state separation in danger
55% of Nova Scotia voters decide to impose their beliefs on the other 45%
A history of clashes between church and state in Canada
Separation of church and state defined
An overview of church/state separation in Canada
New prayer policy for Fruit Heights
The Village Voice speaks on the separation of church and state.
Skepticism
Skeptics, Forteans and their relation to science
One of the last interviews with a Flat-Earther
Shroud of Turin thoroughly debunked
A little Skeptical Inquirer April Fool!
How to spot quacks
City tries to deal with a curse
B.C. psychic help Nelson police find hiker’s body. Perhaps the police should consider hiring this psychic full time to find dope fields too.
Calgary’s Tavian Barnes strikes a blow for skepticism
Proof that being a skeptic and an authority still has it’s limits
Psychic ‘misled actress to hopeless cancer death’.
Francis Wheen’s recent book, “How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions”, has a series of excerpts in The Guardian:
The bunkum stops here
Twaddle unswaddled
Francis Wheen’s top 10 modern delusions
An excellent list of logical fallacies with explanations and examples.
Politics
Nazis, the Holocaust and the Vatican bank
Bill C-25, Whistleblowing, and you
All about landmines
The G-8 explained
The Gujarat ‘eliminated’ Muslims
BC court orders blood transfusion for 14 year old Jehovah’s Witness
Ban the ‘precautionary principle’
Spys dead wrong
My sense of irony is in overload over banning the abortions of gay children
Can we hope for respect internationally by standing up to the States?
Ernst Zundel bound for Germany
Is our country going to hell?
U.S. government must prove that Guantanamo prisoners are not P.O.W.’s
Garry Trudeau has obviously been collaborating with James Randi. Would you like $10,000?
A tongue in cheek look at the relationship between Saddam Hussein and the U.S.A.
Are the Americans beginning to question political ethics? Bush’s Desolate Imperium
Blogging for peace. Check out some blogs by Salam Pax.
Science
For those of you who love kickin’ it old school with that gangsta rappin’ physicist MC Hawking, you’re going love this! The Hawkman has released “A Brief History of Rhyme”, MC Hawking’s greatests hits. View the promo trailer here. Be sure to click on “WATCH THIS MOVIE!”. Word! Also check out the Hawkman’s newest music vid: “What we need more of is Science”. Remember to click on “WATCH THIS MOVIE!”.
Universal Deja Vu: Is the Universe cyclical?
Global warming hits the Antarctic
What questions could a Bio-Einstein answer? Part 1 and Part 2
3 reasons for humans in space
The top 10 inventions of life
The World Multiconference on Systematics, Cybernetics and Informatics gets pranked with nonsense
What is the Scientific Method?
13 ways to confound a scientist
SEX! It’s the worth the hassle
Intelligent design does not belong in schools
T. Rex tissue discovered
Canada to promote stem cell research
Do religion and science overlap
Oldest upright ancestor’s fossils discovered
NASA finds strong evidence for life on Mars
Sea levels could rise 23 feet over the next century due to the Arctic melt
Human belief, global warming and denial
The Synchrotron opens in Saskatoon
I know it sounds very “New Age”, but here is an actual scientific study into Global Consciousness
Ann Druyan Talks About Science, Religion, Wonder, Awe . . . and Carl Sagan.
Catholic Churches Say Condoms Don’t Stop AIDS
Activism
Hate crime defined
How to start a Non-profit
101 tools for tolerance
10 ways to fight hate
From Protest.net, it’s the Activist’s Handbook
Tools for activists by the Saskatchewan Eco-Network
The Humanists of Florida on “Raising Awareness”
Miscellaneous
The fine art of complaining
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