The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
Prior to my comments before the House Judiciary Committee (May 13, 1999) on the role of popular mass culture in producing youth alienation and school violence, a panel of students gave their observations. They were led by an articulate twelfth grader from a large suburban high school. What distinguished her high school, she said, was
READ MORETo fit the meaning of the term, religious liberty must apply to all or it applies to none. It cannot be allowed just for Christians or any religious organization that the state may favor. It must be for everyone. Not just for Judeo-Christians. For everyone. But ever since the Supreme Court's infamous 1990 decision in
READ MOREPerhaps the fog of time has managed to blur the reality of presidential elections past in my memory. Perhaps! But surely they couldn't have started as early as this current one. I think it began in earnest when President Clinton won his reelection-last century. And this opening year of the next century has been pretty
READ MOREAssemblies were held every few weeks at Holliston School in Saskatoon. Once the students had gathered in the gym, they were told to stand for "O Canada" and the Lord's Prayer. Elementary school student Max Haiven's family was Jewish, and he chose not to bow his head or repeat the Lord's Prayer, although he did
READ MOREChristian to the Core I am finally writing this letter in response to an article I saw in Liberty some years ago (actually, May/June 1996). I was a bit surprised when I read "Our Godless Constitution." As a teacher and historian I was alarmed at your article. Over the years I became fascinated with early
READ MOREThe closing days of 1999, while full of talk of millennial possibilities, were curiously lacking in real optimism (blame Y2K if you like). Curious because the stock market (which may now have descended the depths) was at that time and the time of this writing sailing well beyond the 11,000 mark-an all-time high, buoyed up
READ MORE