Apparently their Federal government has determined that Aussies like porn. Wonders never cease. Apparently, next door to those researchers, others are working on the study "Does the contemporary Australian male like to (a) drink and/or (b) swear?"

It was quite the thing seeing TV shots of a very familiar neighbourhood in Halifax evacuated yesterday due to a fire at grain silos down by the South End rail yards. Just a few streets over from the SMU campus, these concrete silos tower over houses on Atlantic Street, one of the last working …

Nice to see that the favorite tactic of NS Tories came back to kick them in the pants. The greasy smile that was Premier John Buchanan always held votes before the university students got to Wolfville, Halifax and Antigonish so that they had a hope of holding the seats. Premier "Dad of Kingsman …

As we watched two recent Charter rulings play our during yesterday's TV broadcast of the SARS-stock concert - public weed puffin' and happy nudies - the Pope was planning a statement on another Charter Right, as rightly pointed out and rejected by the Flea. Butt out, JPII. Nunya.  •  As a UCC PK …

As David Swick points out in today's Halifax Daily News [the column], Nova Scotia is facing a squeeker of an election in a few days. After living in PEI - where the NDP is a factor only in keeping the Tories in power by splitting the center-left, a sad fact due to the Province's failure to …

The US Senate has done its part to remember and honour the second last line of their national anthem.

I just listened to a representative of the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada debate same sex marraiges on the CBC morning show The Current. It was very nice to hear the gloves come off. The RC rep was particularly jump-all-over-ish.  •  Best line from the United rep to the RC …

Do you think the boys have summer jobs at the think tank?  •  This struck me the other day. Or maybe it is a portrait of the artist as a young man. Sure, the yellow hair has thinned and greyed. Sure the squinty eyes finally got to an optometrist. But that squint and that chin - GRAMPA!

It appears only one UK or US politician has survived the last few months with his integrity enhanced - Robin Cook: consider this article to this one about Rumsfeld's view that facts always change - jeese, Donnie...if they change they are either not facts or you don't know enough enough of them …