Canada's new Office of Religious Freedom, with a $5-million budget and astaff of five, may set tyrants around the world shaking ... with laughter. But a candle is worth lighting given the extent of darkness out there.
Benedict XVI startled the world this week by becoming the ninth pope toannounce he'll step down. Or possibly the fifth. We're not sure. But as only the second to resign because the job was too much for him, the first to quit in almost 600 years and the first ever to do it because of failing health, the allegedly reactionary Benedict set a boldly innovative precedent.
So Justin Trudeau is raking in the speaking fees. Wish I was too. But while I have some choice words for anyone willing to pay $150 a minute for his opinions, I don't think he's done anything wrong. Click here to read the rest.
Canadians love to complain about government debt. Unfortunately a general attitude of instant gratification governs our personal as well as public finances. Click here to read the rest.
King Richard III seems to have turned up at last. Mangled. In a ruined monastery. Under a parking lot in Leicester. What are we going to do about it?