Happy Canada Day fellow Canucks!

O Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l’épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot [...]

Steve Janke of Angry in the Great White North has the details of counterfeit Colgate toothpaste that has been making news in the US and that he bought in Canada.
He bought some at a dollar store in Guelph, thinking it contained what authorties were saying it did - diethylene glycol. Anti freeze.
He has the pictures of [...]

As former leaders of ex-gay ministries, we apologize to those individuals and families who believed our message that there is something inherently wrong withvbeing gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Some who heard our message were compelled to try to change an integral part of themselves, bringing harm to themselves and their families. Although we acted [...]

A network of tech bloggers are taken to task by Jeff Jarvis for lending their names to an advertising campaign without disclosing they were being paid to do so.
While the tech writers fight over the ethics of what they’ve done, the rest of us might want to think about trust. Some don’t see getting paid for advertising and not disclosing has [...]

I spent the last two weekends playing Rayman Raving Rabbids.
It took me that long to stop laughing and try to buckle down to the 70 mini games in this first Rayman game for the Wii. I’ve never enjoyed a game enough to get all the way through one before. The Wii records your play time, we laughed for [...]

The Associated Baptist Press is running a six part series on the state of the religious right involvement in politics in the US. The series is focusing on flucuations, trends and ethics.
Render to Caesar Part One: Evangelicals ‘caught in the middle’ of debate over identity, direction
Render to Caesar Part Two: Scripture not easy recipe in politics, ethicists say
Render [...]

I’ve joked in a post about Poland’s government wanting to investigate the teletubbies to see whether they were ’suitable’ for viewing.
The situation for Polish citizens is far worse, and the European Union has been asking Poland to get up to speed with other union countries on human rights issues.              
The details in this story aren’t something I can independently verify, [...]

I have a question for any Anglican or Canadian Anglican friend wandering by this blog.
The Canadian General Synod decided the following regarding priest blessing same-sex unions:
“That this General Synod resolves that the blessing of same-sex unions is not in conflict with the core doctrine (in the sense of being credal) of the Anglican Church of Canada.”
The [...]