The British government has announced that the age at which foreigners can apply for a marriage visa will soon be increased from 18 to 21.  The change is intended to prevent teenagers from being brought into the UK and forced to marry against their will.
Ministers say raising the age from 18 is needed to stop [...]

How did they play that chord?

The opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night” has been a puzzle for decades because musicians have known that it is not possible for two guitarists and one bassist to make that sound. No multi-tracking was used in the opening chord, so how did they do it?
It took Dalhousie [...]

A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced an Egyptian doctor to 15 years’ imprisonment and 1500 lashes for allegedly causing a Saudi princess under his care to become addicted to morphine. Dr Raouf Amin denies the charge, insisting she was already addicted before he began treating her.
Get this: A lower court sentenced him to seven [...]

The chief spokesman for the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI has spoken about the election of Sen Barack Obama.
May God enlighten and assist the new American president. This is the hope expressed this morning by the director of the Holy See press office, Fr. Federico Lombardi. “We hope,” he said, “that he will be able [...]

I have written many posts on the free speech debates held in Halifax on 30 October and 1 November. In order to make that series of posts more easily accessible, I have created a portal and posted it as a page.
Click on “Halifax Free Speech Debates” at the top of the blog.