Wisdom From the Desert

"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, 'You are mad, you are not like us'." --- St Antony of Egypt

Blog Author

Scott Gilbreath,
Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

More info here

I am webmaster for Christ Church, Windsor. I also blog at Anglican Essentials Canada Blog, and formerly blogged at Magic Statistics.

Subscribe to my feed

 

May 2009
S M T W T F S
« Apr   Jun »
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  

Archives

Collapsible Archive

Essential Links

Free Canuckistan

Biblical Art on the WWW

click to go to the SoConBlogs.com aggregator and find out how to join

Recommended

Get Firefox!

Made on a Mac

Apple, the Apple logo, and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. The Made on a Mac Badge is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., used with permission.

Services




Archive for May 22nd, 2009

Socialist policies curbed Jamaica’s economic growth

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Many economists believe that legal and institutional arrangements are the decisive factor influencing economic development. In this view, nations with secure property rights and contract laws enforced by a judiciary free of government interference will benefit from substantial private investment and experience long-term economic growth and prosperity.
A new paper by Peter Blair Henry [...]

Europe according to Estonians

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

I know very little about Estonia, but I still found this video hilarious.
h/t: Edward Lucas

90% of Canadian prostitutes are underage aboriginals

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Marty Van Doren, RCMP officer and human trafficking co-ordinator for Ontario division, says that underage aboriginal girls make up some 90 percent of visible sex trade workers in Canada.
And make no mistake about it, most prostitutes are lured or forced into the life, he said.
“Are they victims? — yeah, absolutely,” Van Doren said.
The most [...]

Global TV to examine strange new sub-culture: evangelicalism

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Canadian television network Global TV will soon broadcast “Revealed: Hip 2B Holy”, a news documentary about evangelical Christians. Global news anchor Kevin Newman thinks that, for most Canadians, evangelicals represent a foreign sub-culture typically associated with the United States. He hopes the show will correct such misconceptions.
Narrated by Global National anchor Kevin [...]