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Yesterday I arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for another installment of an enterprise to which I’ve been increasingly devoted over the last year: Training scientists in c…
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Yesterday I arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for another installment of an enterprise to which I’ve been increasingly devoted over the last year: Training scientists in c…
Continue readingOur family moved to the U.S. shortly after September 11 and experienced what it meant to be foreigners under the George W. Bush administration. We had lived there in the 1980s. Our children were born there then. We thought that … Continue reading →
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Last week, the National Snow and Ice Data Center came out with the estimate that we did not quite set a record for the minimum extent of Arctic sea this year. Rat…
Continue readingWhat was the board thinking? I missed this earlier last week. The sort of short version. 1) On September 13, Tyndale President and Vice Chancellor Dr. Gary Nelson goes on Facebook to announce a swanky breakfast at the Toronto Hilton … Continue reading →
Continue readingFocus on the Family is laying off another 49 people. The organization’s workforce has been cut over half the past nine years from a high of 1400 employees in 2002. This latest 7% cut of staff brings the workforce down … Continue reading →
Continue readingNational Religious Broadcasters (US) plans to hold a news conference in Washington tomorrow today to release results of a study on what they perceive is religious viewpoint censorship in ‘new media.’ Specifically, the report highlights the practices of Apple and … Continue reading →
Continue readingBy Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Christianity Today has a report on filmmaker Roy Peterson’s film on Todd Bentley and the Lakeland revival. The magazine’s writer observes, at the end of their story: Peterson’s documentary does not … Continue reading →
Continue readingBy Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. It’s quite often progressives who find fault with the theory of “dominionism”. And that bothers me a bit. You would suspect that as a conservative, I would have problems arguing against … Continue reading →
Continue readingBy Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. There’s a video call to prayer from Faytene Grasseschi from Sept. 11th on the ‘net now. Faytene brings some thoughtful things that may be worth praying about–one thing that I appreciated … Continue reading →
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Readers of my posts over the last half year will be familiar with the phenomenon of motivated reasoning, in which people’s subcons…
Continue readingThere has been some behind the scenes upgrades to BDBO, and one up front which I hope will make it easier for those of you who use social media. If you click the share button now appearing at the bottom … Continue reading →
Continue readingPeter Youngren’s World Impact Ministries has put the Grace TV building in St. Catherines on the market. The 18,000-square foot structure is listed at $775,000 and described as a “high profile building located in the heart of the city’s financial … Continue reading →
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Ever since the Republican presidential debate last week, science watchers have been shaking their heads over Rick Perry’s rid…
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There’s a fascinating new public opinion analysis out today from Anthony Leiserowitz and the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. It looks at political divides…
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An editor resigns after a journal publishes a paper that seems to trash the scientific consensus on climate change—but is heavily criticized by top scientists. Where…
Continue readingWelcome to September! Adam is back west, the nights are beginning to get cold, and frosh have returned to Carleton. Tune in at 7am to see me kick off my 10th year at CKCU.
In other tenniversary, we mark 10 years since the World Trade Centre attacks.
The provincial election is kicking off, and the Liberals have […]
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. I’m a great believer in people having fun with their faith, but now Robert Grasseschi is reportedly being, well, a little different. A few days ago, wife Faytene Grasseschi put this … Continue reading →
Continue readingBy Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Pernission. Noted blogger Mark Byron has chosen to repliy to my post earlier this week on the usefulness of keeping an eye on the dominionist movement. So far, his reply is in … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe big guy decided to swing by for a rare visit and ended up spending the afternoon.
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