US President George Bush will take time from his (working? state?) visit to Canada the end of the month to head to Halifax to say thank you.
I think that is appropriate and past due.
8 thousand Americans were stranded in Canada on 9/11 and Maritimers took them in until they were able to get home. Life [...]

The Daily Kos has an interesting post from a newbie blogger who was raised in an evangelical environment.
My main point is that this really is a “culture war”, perhaps not in the sense that you may have thought of it before, being stirred up primarily by mainstream marketing aimed at Christians, and as such, should [...]

CARE and Doctors without Borders pull out, now World Vision.
The evacuation announcement came days after the presumed execution of CARE International’s Iraq director Margaret Hassan.
“The move follows violent activities across Iraq, the death of Margaret Hassan and the previous death of World Vision’s own head of operations in Iraq,” Geoff Shepherd, World Vision Australia’s director [...]

Lifeguards training off the North Island in New Zealand were rescued by dolphins when a shark showed up. The animals probably helped save their lives.
The dolphins surrounded the swimmers for the 40 minutes it took them to get to shore and behaved in an agitated manner, slapping the water and swimming in tight circles around [...]

It is against the law for US bounty hunters to operate in Canada.
It doesn’t stop them from trying though.
I’ve watched “Dog, the Bounty Hunter” on A&E. It’s how it’s done in the US when someone skips bail. But it isn’t how it is done in Canada.
Bounty hunters are usually reserved for old Westerns and Star [...]

Jason Calacanis (biz blog - blog ad type) wants to set up a blog ethics committee.
The purpose would be to set some standards in blog advertising.
If you’re blogging— for money or not—we all have an interest in having a level of comfort when we’re consuming and creating media. Who doesn’t want to know if a [...]

Some time ago Rev. Mike put a far side cartoon (Gary Larson) up on his blog.
I wonder if his publisher is using BlogSquirrel?
Anyway Creators Syndicate sent him an email, and it was politely done.
They explained their position and included a letter from Gary Larson.
Love the last line.
You’ve have to be a real hard head not [...]

Terry Mattingly rightly praises the people at Poynter Institute for seeing post US election coverage as an opportunity to begin to foster right understanding in the gaps and polarization between voters, language and viewpoints.
I’m happy to report that the journalists over at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., (pictured) have used the surge in [...]