“Pamela Anderson: ‘I can’t stand’ GOP Vice President nominee Sarah Palin”. [cross-posted to PWPL]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Cardinal Turcotte sends back his medal
To protest the Morgentaler award. Turcotte explained his decision in a written statement released Thursday. “I had accepted this honour on behalf of all those who, because of their faith in Jesus Christ, work in the social domain to serve the most disadvantaged of our society,” he wrote. “I must admit that I had hoped …
The quiet success of the pro-life movement
David Frum tries again, this time with a much better tone… Whoever imagined that we would see a Republican convention rapturously applaud an unwed teen mother? Yet that is just what happened on Wednesday night in St. Paul. At the conclusion of Sarah Palin’s triumphant speech, the Alaskan Governor welcomed her family onto the stage: …
And people worry about Bristol Palin?
Motherly advice from a Desperate Housewives star: “Have great sex (and) eat the chocolate,” the single mom advises 10-year-old Emerson – and the general reading public – in Hatcher’s October column for Britain’s Glamour magazine. [cross-posted to PWPL]
Us downscale white people
David Frum writes: But even based on what we know already, opinion about Palin’s life story will divide sharply. I wrote a column for The Week’s online edition suggesting how that opinion will divide. Briefly, the Palin choice will intensify GOP support among downscale white voters – while adding to the GOP’s difficulties among more …
The speech
Update: You can find the text of the speech here. [cross-posted to PWPL]
Ironic, isn’t it
The Canadian government’s Heritage department wants to fight religious extremism. After decades of promoting a model of multiculturalism that helped spread it throughout Canada. I feel better already. [cross-posted to PWPL]