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Why belief in God doesn't equate with religion

Suppose you believe God exists. Should you be religious?

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Ground Zero Mosque a clash of symbols

Supporters of the Ground Zero mosque ignore the significance it will have for Muslim extremists around the world

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The past is a different country

If, as a historical biographer, I wrote only about individuals whose records were spotless and attitudes towards the rest of the human race unblemished, I would have nobody to write about. The truth about history is that most people smelt and died young. And almost everybody harboured suspicions, vergin

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No convincing Pelosi

When the third-highest-ranking politician in the Obama administration comes to Canada with her energy sidekick, oil sand producers and royalty-addicted premiers rush into line for an arm-twisting opportunity.

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How Muslims can help defeat terrorism

The Ottawa Police Service, RCMP and CSIS personnel should be applauded for their vigilance, insight and courage for recently apprehending a group of alleged terrorists from amidst us. They are doing the heavy lifting to deter terrorism. As citizens of Ottawa we all have to do our part to help them.

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The carousel of time

Jack had just been named associate deputy minister of a large government department in the System. Jack knew that the position of associate deputy minister is designed to train up-and-coming deputy ministers for the challenges they will face.

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I've discovered the Department of Indecision -- perhaps

After hearing that there is a sort of eco-advice centre somewhere in city hall, I decided to go take a look. I had overheard mention of such a centre on the radio, in a story in connection with the financially punishing rise in hydro bills being experienced by some Ottawa citizens. We are all a recessio

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The case of the reappearing salmon

It takes a serious political or public disaster to nudge Stephen Harper into calling a public inquiry. Only three have been established during his four years as prime minister.

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Popping pills

Welcome to the world of Do It Yourself Doctoring. Recent reports indicate that the birth control pill may become available in the United States without a prescription. Proponents will claim this makes women's lives healthier and easier. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Video: Killing the pain

McGill University medical ethicist Margaret Somerville addresses this week's World Congress on Pain in Montreal, with an impassioned plea to ensure access to pain management for all.

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Too many suffer in pain

The following text is adapted from a video address by McGill medical ethicist Dr. Margaret Somerville to the International Association for the Study of Pain congress in Montreal. The final event of the congress was the International Pain Summit at which the Declaration of Montreal was to be presented an

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Every Arctic voyage is a potential disaster

An uncharted rock could have killed 200 people last week, had the weather in the Northwest Passage been poor.

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Still getting it wrong on wrongful convictions

Three years ago last week, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued its historic ruling vindicating Steven Truscott. In 1959, at the age of 14, Truscott was sentenced to hang to death for the murder of his classmate, Lynne Harper. His sentence changed to life in prison, he was paroled, and spent nearly 50 yea

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Still fighting the Second World War

"These proceedings are closed." General Douglas MacArthur's stentorian voice echoed across the decks of the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, 65 years ago. His seemingly pedestrian words ended the formal Japanese surrender ceremonies. Following Nazi Germany's surrender the previous

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Muslims have nothing to apologize for

Since the events of 9/11, imams and prominent members of the Muslim community have increasingly felt compelled to apologize for and condemn the acts of some Muslims who are arrested under anti-terrorism laws. They have usually done so even before finding out all the facts about the cases in question, an

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The cornerstone of a nation

In 1860, Queen Victoria sent her eldest son, 18-year-old Prince Albert Edward, to tour her North American provinces and lay the cornerstone of the Canadian Parliament. It was the first royal tour in our history. Here is an account of the prince's trip to Ottawa, then a city of 15,000 people, exactly 150

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So Harper thinks he can dance ...

The press accompanying the prime minister on his northern trip seemed to think Stephen Harper's participation in a native dance in Inuvik was either YouTube-hilarious or an intriguing sign of a looser, more relaxed prime minister -- or maybe both.

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The struggle against jihad

No sooner did news of the Ottawa Terror Plot unfold on national TV, than one could predict the response of Canada's Islamists and their organizations.

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Quebec sovereignty threat remains very real

The matter of Quebec's right to secede, legal or otherwise, from Canada has gained new relevance with an International Court of Justice ruling this summer in favour of Kosovo's secession from Serbia. The court stated in part that Kosovo's "declaration of independence of the 17th of February 2008 did not

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A fight for the soul of America

The wholly manufactured controversy over the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" is almost a perfect illustration of William Butler Yeats' lament that the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

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