Paul Trapnell, a professor of psychology at the University of Winnipeg, agreed that claiming particular national character traits can support certain motives: differentiating a population from other cultures and building its self-esteem.
“So we’ll try to see ourselves as different from Americans and the differences we’ll latch onto are the differences that also serve our desire [...]

Mark Roberts (US) at Theologica:
How Shall We Then Blog? Part 2
In my last post on this topic, I raised the question: How shall we then blog? Since then many have offered comments and e-mails, as well as two Theologica posts related to this topic (by Warren Kelly and Mike Russell). I think this is [...]

Pakistan says more than 1,000 people may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan.
The quake in Kashmir had a magnitude of at least 7.6. The epicentre was 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad.
Pakistan’s interior ministry said several villages had been wiped out. A total of 172 are so far [...]

With so many new people involved in blogging, most of them having no training in journalism practices, ethics, and media law, personal legal liability is a big deal. Bloggers publishing without the protection of an employer to pay for their libel defense are on their own should they make a mistake. In the years ahead, [...]

Rick Mercer responds to criticism about entertainers going to Afghanistan.
If Canada as a nation is going to have troops positioned abroad, in harms way, members of the Canadian Forces and their families have to know that the country stands with them. Mr. O’Conner is not sending that message.
In the Sun article Mr. O’Conner seems to [...]

A serious unknown outbreak of a killer virus in a Toronto nursing home has been identified as the bacteria that causes legionnaires’ disease.
The initial routine testing for the illness in urine samples did not reveal the bacteria. It was only when lung tissue from autopsies was tested was the suspect bacteria found.
Legionnaires’ disease is a [...]

Former US Ambassador to the UN, former Republican senator and Episcopal priest John Danforth is the focus of a post at Frederick Clarkson’s blog.
Danforth:
“I’ve been away from (the Senate) for more than 10 years,” he said recently at the Memorial church at Harvard University, “and I see politics from a distance. And I’m appalled by [...]

Jordon Cooper has a great rant.
It’s basically about how evangelicals are perceived.
I have to be frank. I don’t take the heat Jordon does. I’m not a reverend - so that saves me some flack. The heat I get comes from some US god-bloggers. I may disagree politically with someone in Canada, but I have [...]