Confirmation hearings began this week for U.S. President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. Her political & philosophical v...

Thanks to S. at Misconceptions About Conception for highlighting this article . Although it's about cancer treatment (& overtreatme...

400 posts in less than three years -- not bad, eh? : )

Margaret Wente , one of my favourite columnists at The Globe & Mail , had a recent piece titled " Motherhood: the new oppression ....

The Toronto Star has been running profiles of the G-20 leaders this week, in connection with the G-8/G-20 conferences now under way. Today...

I was/am a Laura Ingalls Wilder /"Little House on the Prairie" fan. More so of the books than the TV series , I think, but let...

Day 3 of G-20 week. Woke up this morning to hear that the bomb squad was searching a house in a very nice area of Toronto (!) & that i...