By Brian Brennan Today is Persons Day in Canada. I was reminded of this, not by a story in the Canadian media – which by now has become blasé about this annual commemoration of women’s rights – but by an opinion column
Scorecard, Wednesday, Jan. 7: Pen – 0. Sword – 12, and counting. Masked gunmen with AK47s and a rocket launcher killed at least 10 journalists and two police officers early Wednesday at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper that had been
Let the Good Times Roll. By Jim McNiven The American and Canadian economies will do well this next year, especially the American. Their consumers, who represent over 70% of that economy’s GDP, should begin to shed their uncertainties and the Federal
Everybody is asking for money this week, to beat year-end deadlines. It’s exhausting. As well as giving money that works sideways at best — to charities and NGOs, from conservative think tanks to environmental groups — I wish more people would be
Noteworthy: Watch earth roll by via the lens of European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, in a six-minute time-lapse comprised of 12 500 images. Gerst captured the photos during a six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station.
If you receive gifts of e-books in your virtual Christmas stocking this year, you might want to avoid reading them before bedtime. Worldwide research shows that exposure to electronic light in the hour before bedtime can impair sleep and alertness the next
Stark findings of torture and of the CIA misleading officials and the public are among the conclusions of a report released today by the outgoing Democrats on the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. As part of our Verbatim series, F&O
F&O’s Noteworthy series offers our picks of stories on the Internet: stories worth your while amid the torrent of infotainment. This week: For Firestone and Liberia, A Secret History Unearthed — long form journalism By T. Christian Miller and Jonathan Jones, ProPublica, and
Facts and Opinions’ Seeking Orenda columnist Tom Regan writes today on Why the United States is a perilous country for a young man, black or white. An excerpt of his new column: There’s a deadly virus in the United States. Much more deadly
Vera Lynn achieved international fame with the songs she made popular on the radio during the Second World War. Arts columnist Brian Brennan reports in his new time capsule piece that she wanted to try other kinds of music after the war. But the
It seems that “Gray Thursday” is the new name for the fourth Thursday of November each year in the United States. The name marks the re-purposing of a traditional event — from a communal giving of thanks, to shopping. Shopping for sale