On Tuesday and Wednesday in these pages, my fellow National Post columnists took up the question of sex-selection abortions – i.e. the selective abortion of fetuses following a scan that reveals the sex of the child. Their debate followed the publication of an editorial in theCanadian Medical Association Journal calling for measures to limit the practice in Canada. My colleagues demonstrated that if Canada is to have the world’s most extreme abortion regime – permitting the practice at any time, including at full term, for any reason, fully taxpayer-funded – it is inconsistent to be squeamish about the motivations behind those abortions. Read the rest of this article »
The female screams we don’t want to hear
January 19th, 2012‘Remarkable work of grace’ in Boston, 10 years on
January 17th, 2012Is it over? Yes and no. It was 10 years ago this month that the sexual abuse crisis exploded in the archdiocese of Boston, with reverberations across the world.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley, sent to Boston in 2003 as archbishop to right the reeling ship, has written at length on the 10th anniversary. He is quick to argue that the sexual abuse crisis is not over. It’s not over principally because sexual abuse is not something a victim simply gets over. It’s also not over because the process of purification and penance is a path the Church cannot abandon. Read the rest of this article »
Tempest in a Tebow
January 12th, 2012Three years ago, on the eve of winning his second college football championship, I wrote that “the legend of Tim Tebow will grow even larger.” I had no idea. He has appeared twice this season on the cover of Sports Illustrated and talk about Tebow, and talk about all the talking about Tebow, has dominated the NFL season. Read the rest of this article »
Fresh energy for the Church, 500 years in the making
January 10th, 2012- in Calgary –
Inglewood is an old neighbourhood in Calgary, the sort of place where you find a church nestled between modest homes, rather than surrounded by a vast suburban parking lot. But something new is happening here, or something old becoming something new — or perhaps even something new becoming something old. Read the rest of this article »
Junior hockey’s dark side
January 5th, 2012- in Calgary –
Despite Canada’s heartbreaking loss on Tuesday night at the Saddledome, the world junior hockey championships have been a celebratory affair here in Alberta and across the land. They conclude today with Canada in the afternoon bronze medal game, rather than the evening gold medal main event.
When held here, the world juniors celebrate Canadian junior hockey, even as we meet tomorrow’s NHL players from around the world. There is plenty to admire, and feel-good stories abound during the championship fortnight. But it also invites us to look more closely at our junior-hockey culture. Read the rest of this article »