Amazing what people will put up with for the ‘appearance’ of security. The Sydney Morning Herald has the story of the comedy troup -and how they got through the APEC perimeter.
APEC’s surprise guest - Mr. bin Laden of Canada
Schneirer on Security: APEC Conference in Sydney Social Engineered

A fitting tribute to a wonderful writer at Looking Back…Looking Forward
A Wrinkle in Time is her best known work and part of a series that included A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters and An Acceptable Time. L’Engle wrote over 60 books.
- In the evening of life we shall [...]

Ontario Conservative leader John Tory is getting slammed in media and even worse in the political blogosphere since Wednesday.
People attempting to defend his remarks to a radio reporter may in reality be attempting to defend his personal belief as opposed to his platform on educational funding changes. Tory has an arts degree and a [...]

So many people seem to have known…
The CBC is now part of the growing media coverage on the closing of an elite private school in Brockville, Ontario - Grenville Christian College, and the now public stories of abused students.
For over a year former students at the private Anglican school have been posting their experiences [...]

A UPI article quoting a Nigerian Anglican bishop is being retracted according to a statement issued by The Living Church Foundation.
The United Press International article was released through The News Agency of Nigeria.
From Stand Firm:
In a statement released by the Anglican Consultative Council’s press office on Sept. 7, Archbishop Williams expressed “deep shock” at remarks [...]

Bravo.
Resto nella pace maestro.
Italian Tenor dies at age 71
Luciano Pavarotti website

As people across Canada are hearing stories of abuse at a  private (Anglican) school in Brockville, from former students, now adults; Bishop George Bruce and Canadian Anglican officials are refusing to intervene.
There are police reports from the time periods, records from Massachusetts Children’s Services, the local newspaper, and perhaps Ontario government child welfare reports.
The Globe and Mail [...]

President Eisenhower warned of the growing military industrial complex in his farewell address. Since Dick Cheney can now afford solid gold oil derricks, it’s safe to say we failed Ike miserably. After losing two friends and over a dozen comrades, I have this to say:
Do not wage war unless it is absolutely, positively the last [...]