In 1952, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – the DSM – the psychiatrist’s bible for diagnosis of mental problems, was a 132-page booklet. Today, in its fourth incarnation...
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The Supreme Court of Canada has rendered its decision on what has come to be known as “the niqab case,” which pitted against each other the Charter right to freedom of religion and the ...
In 2008, while on the presidential campaign trail, Barack Obama’s Father’s Day message was: “[Black fathers] have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men...
Ocean or lake?
Ocean or lake?
For ten months a year, we opinion writers are racked by inner debate over the hard news of the world: Should Israel bomb Iran? Can the European Union survive? ...
In his new book, The Secret of the Crown: Canada’s Affair with Royalty, John Fraser describes a 1953 scene in which his not-quite nine-year-old self is sprawled prone in front of “IT.&r...
I am sure you’re eager for my spontaneous reactions to the U.S. party conventions. Actually, I’m eager to tell you. Close enough. So here goes.
Obama’s speech left me totally flat, as has every ...
Officially sanctioned injustice focuses the victim’s mind wonderfully. When such an injustice befalls someone of high intelligence, iron will and an enormous reservoir of patience, sometimes ...
Sometimes a cabinet minister can’t win, when it comes to public opinion. Such would appear to be the case this week for Heritage Minister James Moore, under whose aegis Sex: A Tell-All E...
Just when you thought Ottawa and area adolescents would never find out a single thing about sex until their wedding nights, along comes “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition” to the Canada Science a...
Last month, Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology was criticized for hosting “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition.” PEN Canada asked two journalists to debate whether the exhibit was a...
The head of Jun Lin, the dismembered and defiled victim of alleged killer Luka Magnotta, was discovered a few days ago in a Montreal park.
This exceptional case — it is unusual for killer...
In his latest Saturday column, Conrad Black wrote: “Let us abolish imprisonment for all non-violent offences except the briefest periods, the most egregious offences, or the chronic recidivis...
In case you haven’t noticed, the massive protests in Quebec have been rather one-sided, culturally speaking. As the mindless mobs fill the streets day after day, protesting the injustice of h...
Until 2008, the curriculum of Montreal’s (private) Catholic Loyola High School included a course called “Morals and World Religions” (MWR). MWR taught students the basic history a...
I make chicken soup all the time. It tastes great and it’s a cure for everything. My younger sister does too. But she will only use kosher chickens to make it. She swears kosher chickens make...
It all began in Grade Seven. My enjoyment of having stories read to me, that is. I suppose it should have begun in early childhood, with bedtime stories. But my parents weren’t ones for prolo...
On December 1 at an organized rally for Quebec independence, the Canadian flag was desecrated. In the video of the incident, taken by the editor of putbacktheflag.com, an anglo rights website, you see...
Although not a gay male, I had a passion for musical theatre in youth, participating in amateur performances whenever opportunity presented. (Mine was the golden era of musicals, many of them in ...
There’s nothing more humiliating for a journalist than pontificating on a subject with ardent conviction, and then being proved wrong. But there’s nothing more gratifying for...
Here at the comment section of the National Post, Dear Editor likes his opinion writers to keep an open mind on all subjects. He sees the ability to change one’s opinion when the evidence...