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Think of the Elves

December 20, 2010




We’ve been listening to Putumayo’s Christmas Around the World and Barenaked Ladies Barenaked for the Holidays CDs in our car lately. The kids have their favourite songs (and Julian went off to school this morning singing “Happy Birthday dear Jesus” even though he says he knows the Lord Jesus is just make believe), but my [...]

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Tasers in schools?

October 18, 2010




This afternoon after picking up my kids at school, I tweeted: The replies started to flow in as I made dinner, ranging from disbelief to outrage. Let me explain and then maybe you can help. Julian said his teacher had a machine that you hold up to someone’s body and then it goes “dddzzzzztttt” (how [...]

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Playing with Darwin

April 12, 2009




A few times as I’ve wandered through the bookstore with my kids, I’ve been hit in the face with the shelf full of Bible stories and children’s bibles. I’ve glossed over references to God and Jesus in supposed mainstream kids books. Sure, there are lots of nice stories out there that have no reference to [...]

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Safe or unsafe?

November 29, 2008




I’m starting to get annoyed at Health Canada (HC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assessments that certain things are safe or unsafe for our infants or for the public at large. Both HC and the FDA say that trace amounts of melamine in infant formula is safe. The FDA contends that Bisphenol A [...]

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