The European Parliament has gone ballistic over the Czech Republic’s proposal to open a debate on childcare policy. Ex-pat Czech blogger Tanja at Czechmatediary has the story.
The European Parliament fears that the Czechs will make all of the EU women become unappreciated stay-home moms. It fears that all of the women will end up [...]

Prince Edward Island is completely surrounded by the thickest ice seen in ten years, and it’s going to get worse in the near future, says Natasha Rieneeau, a Canadian Coast Guard ice specialist.
The ice is packed against the north and south shores of the Island with only an area in the east, from Georgetown and [...]

Here is the first item in this morning’s Thomas Sowell column, “Random Thoughts“:
One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies.
And here is today’s editorial cartoon by Michael Ramirez:

Police in Lancashire, England, have used new legal powers to save a young woman from being coerced to marry against her will.  A Forced Marriage Protection Order was issued to prevent her father from taking her to Pakistan.
The orders, which were added to the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 in November last year, mean [...]

In his testimony to the Ontario parliament on Monday afternoon, Mark Steyn accused the province’s Human Rights Tribunal of ignoring honour killings.  When Toronto Sun columnist Christina Blizzard asked Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), to comment about that, she received a troubling response.
It was her response to Steyn’s criticism [...]

Ted Kindos, owner of Gator Ted’s Tap and Grill in Burlington, Ontario, asked Steve Gibson not to smoke marijuana at the front door of his establishment.  Mr Gibson, who has received medical authorisation to be a pothead, complained to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, which found Mr Kindos guilty of discriminating against a disabled person.
Kindos [...]

More proof that recycling is one of the biggest scams of our time.
Ontarians waste expend much time and energy placing their recyclables in blue boxes for curbside pickup. But what happens to the stuff after collection vehicles haul it away?
The province doesn’t have adequate processing facilities, so garbage gets shipped overseas.
Ontario’s recycling scraps – [...]

Also in today’s The Journal from Saint Mary’s University is a column by SMU philosophy professor Mark Mercer, aka The Cranky Professor, outspoken defender of freedom of speech.
Dr Mercer states that SMU students and faculty do not enjoy freedom of expression.  An administration official has veto power over what may be expressed, and he has [...]

Today’s issue of The Journal, student newspaper of Saint Mary’s University, carries a front-page story on last week’s disruption of a pro-life presentation by a bunch of Brown Shirts.
A high-ranking official says that the university forced the presentation to be moved off campus because of concerns that the young fascists would become violent if the [...]