The government just announced that by 2012, French citizens would have a guaranteed right to child care (meaning parents will be in a position to go to court to force the government to deliver services if those aren’t readily available when needed). See the story in Le Monde, here (en français). What’s particularly interesting is …
Monthly Archives: April 2008
This is wrong, too
If some actor demanded his fiancée changed her appearance for his sake, we’d say something, right? That’s what I thought. So why aren’t we hearing widespread condemnations in this case? Sienna Miller has ordered fiance Rhys Ifans to get into shape. The 26-year-old Alfie actress, who has previously dated Hollywood hunks Jude Law and James …
Is nudity a form of exploitation?
Certainly, yes, according to this guy: [gentle warning: link shows nude picture in question] A doctor running hospitals in Cambodia has refused a donation raised by selling a nude photograph of France’s first lady because Cambodians disapproved of exploiting female flesh for money. The 1993 picture of Italian ex-model Carla Bruni, now married to President …
Apparently, it would now be easier to create a cloned child
Please keep in mind that I understand very little about these things. But what I do get, I don’t particularly like. A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out than the technique used to create Dolly the sheep, raising fears that it may one day be used on human …
We demand everything, and get… general indifference
Really, does anybody still care?
Cheerful reading
Almost 7 years after 9/11 Canada is nowhere near ready to face any kind of disruption (natural catastrophe, terrorist attack, accident) to any part of the national infrastructure. And no, I don’t just mean roads and sewers. Read about it here. [cross-posted to IYB]
Half-way there?
We’ve mentioned a few times already (see here and here) that it was somewhat odd for someone like Ujjal Dosanjh to be in favour of the abortion status quo yet against sex-selection abortion. Here he is again explaining his position, in today’s Ottawa Citizen. While we firmly support a woman’s right to choose as paramount, there is …
Stuff I wish I’d made up
Tired of dancing every night, and never getting ahead? “Become a SuperStripper!” [h/t SJD] [cross-posted to PWPL]
In case you were wondering
It took some time, but the results from Quebec’s inspection of its overpasses are in. The province has decided to replace 25 overpasses and permanently tear down three others. What’s more, another 25 require urgent major repairs, Transport Quebec quietly announced this week on its website. The province last year shut down or demolished four other …