The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services has called off an investigation into an ex-gay ministry called Love in Action.
The investigation was prompted by the blog of a 16 year old boy named Zach.
Officials have determined no child abuse is taking place.
“Zach” wrote in his blog that he was admitted into the facility by his parents [...]

Macleans magazine has a short profile on David Wilkins, the 58 year old former speaker of the South Carolina house who is replacing Paul Cellucci as the US ambassador to Canada.
Wilkins has been to Canada once, and his lack of knowledge may well be an asset for him.
Cellucci didn’t impress the average Canadian when he [...]

I don’t think reversing this decision is going to happen, and I don’t think it’s a good idea.
A coalition of Canadian arts groups and unions asked the federal cabinet on Monday to reverse a regulator’s decision that allows the two biggest U.S. satellite-radio companies to launch their services in Canada.
The coalition, whose members represent songwriters, [...]

The Boston Globe looks at marketing firms and the bloggers that get hired by them.
Yes, corporate America has discovered the blog and found that the grass-roots medium for supposedly unadulterated opinions is also a powerful marketing tool in a country where about 37 million Americans read these online journals. Even the state of Pennsylvania has [...]

It’s too hot to work up any indignation over Stephen Harper’s foot in mouth remarks today.
Basically - Canadians won’t accept the passage of Bill C-38 because the Bloq Quebecois is voting for it.
Run that one by me again?
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper raised hackles in the House of Commons Monday after saying Canadians won’t feel the [...]

You’re The Sound and the Fury!
by William Faulkner
Strong-willed but deeply confused, you are trying to come to grips
with a major crisis in your life. You can see many different perspectives on the issue,
but you’re mostly overwhelmed with despair at what you’ve lost. People often have a hard
time understanding you, but they have some vague sense [...]

The price of going public, or even merely being suspected to be HIV-positive, includes being turned away from health care services, denied housing and employment and shunned by friends and colleagues.
Other sanctions include being turned down for insurance cover or denied entry into foreign lands.
Testimonies abound of HIV carriers, who have been evicted by their [...]

Last week I posted about a teen in the US whose parent’s had decided he needed reparative therapy.
16 year old Zach was sent to Refuge - a draconian program for children and teens that say they are gay.
(I don’t know the definition of children in this newspaper report)
Zach’s story was first picked up from [...]