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Sustain Hemp to Sustain our Habitat
Sustainable Hemp Paper is Here!

Enthusiasts say more public-awareness and media attention on the merits of hemp for paper production is both a political and pragmatic imperative.

(VICTORIA, B.C.) - Now for convincing the public! Half of the world's forests have been cut to make paper from wood. Imaginably wrong. And sad, don’t you think?

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper

“Whenever government surrenders its moral authority by aiding oppression and evil, then I am absolved of all allegiance to it, and I know no ruler save God Almighty, and no law but that of conscience itself.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I doubt that if one of your own kids was savagely raped, strangled to death and thrown into a garbage pit somewhere, you’d look too kindly on a government that gave $57 million to the killer’s employer, especially when the latter had been caught red-handed concealing the crime.

But that’s what you’ve just done, according to your own Federal Budget. Your government has given that much money to the Roman Catholic Church and its agencies across Canada.

Hindus Term Canada Billboards in Hungary Targeting Roma as Racist

It is unfortunate that Canada spends taxpayer’s money on a campaign also reportedly including newspapers, radio-spots, and bus-shelter notice.

(RENO) - Hindus have termed Canadian government billboards in Hungary targeting Roma (Gypsy) asylum-seekers as highly inappropriate and blatant racism.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, said that this unprecedented billboard, with such an unwelcoming tone was prejudiced, intolerant and racist.

Taking the Law into Our own Hands: A Fine and Necessary Tradition in the Face of Tyranny

To no-one will we sell, to no-one will we deny or delay right or justice. - Clause 40, The Magna Carta, 1215

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - The retired New York City cop stared at me with the eyes of someone who knew too much. He said matter of factly,

“It’s standard practice here not to prosecute child rapists for a first offense. They have to rape a kid ten, maybe fifteen times before there’s a good chance of conviction.”

Why Dead Children Don`t Matter, and How they Can: What Billie Combes and Moloch Still Teach Us

Does it matter to you? Do you too hear the screams that never stop?

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I don't remember a lot of my dreams, but last night's was stark and unforgettable. My murdered friend Billie Combes came and spoke to me.

He looked as sad as ever, but his eyes were sharp, like his tone. Billie barked at me, "You're forgetting about all the children, Kev! They're still waiting for you. They're waiting to come home. They want to speak. Don't fail them! Don't!"

Mexican Diplomatic Continuity with NAFTA Partners

“Few problems are as complex in the relations with the U.S. as this one” - Eduardo Medina Mora as Mexico’s new ambassador to the United States

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - With little opposition, the Mexican Senate ratified this week the nomination of Eduardo Medina Mora as Mexico’s new ambassador to the United States.

In a presentation to the Senate’s foreign affairs commission broadcast on the Congress Channel, Medina sketched out his views on the parameters, problems and promises of the Mexico-U.S. relationship.

Elder, Elder, Who`s got the Elder?

Native people, like all of us, have been manufactured.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Indigenous nationhood, like Democracy or Christianity, is a wonderful idea; and wonderfully absent, in practice.

None of us have ever actually experienced these ideals - and yet how passionately we pretend to. In truth, we settle for cheap facsimiles of these visions that our various rulers convince us are the Real Deal.

Dabbling With Royalty: A Confession

Richard III was King of England, and there he has the advantage over me. But he was a hunchback, and there I have the advantage over him. - Mark Twain

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - My father was an imperialist.

He was raised in Tory Ontario in a Baptist family that was perhaps embarrassed by the existence of the rebel Philip Annett who, four generations earlier, had seized the family flintlock and hastened to join William Lyon MacKenzie during the abortive rebellion of 1837. (Ontario history may not have been as dull as we thought.)

A New Program for a New Year: We, the Jury: A Forum Without Borders to commence broadcasting on Saturday, February 2, 2013

Former "Hidden from History" program to broaden its focus and actively involve its listeners in a public justice online forum

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - One of the joys of my work is meeting honest people on the ground who are battling for justice against overwhelming odds.

These valiant souls aren't just describing an evil but are directly confronting it.

If God were Alive Today: Remembering Maisie Shaw and Berny Cameron

A Christmas Reflection to be read, if possible, in every Catholic and United Church service across Canada.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - It's well into the night here in Nanaimo, and although the cold rain beats incessantly at our home, the fire inside is roaring.

Carol is asleep next to me on the couch and my stomach is filled and warmed with good cheer.