Todd Bentley punches man with a broken sternum in the chest
Thanks to Right Wing Watch for pulling this clip from Rick Joyner’s Tuesday Prospective Prophecies program. Bentley brags about a lot of things in the full video, his ‘open visions,’…
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Canada – the 51st state
“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don’t have to buy from a foreign source.” Texas Governor Rick…
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada VP unhappy with CBC
EFC Vice-President, lawyer Don Hutchinson is not happy with CBC coverage of government consultations on the proposed Office of Religious Freedom. Well, there you have it. I’ve been outed by…
Andre Bocelli I Believe
If you’ve appreciated Bene Diction Blogs On why not click over to the Canadian Blog Awards and vote for BDBO in the Best Religion and Philosophy Blog category? Voting ends…
Accountability and transparency
Sometimes we use words or get so used to hearing words in relation to certain things or events, we don’t stop to think about what the words mean, or wonder…
“End Medicare?” How Phony Bipartisanship Created a Fact Checking Disaster
pinocchio.jpg Just last week, I wrote about the core problem facing the new breed of political fact-checkers: The political right is more factually wrong, meaning that taking a strictly “bipartisan”…
The Climate-Media Paradox: More Coverage, Stalled Progress
who speaks for the climate.jpg For those of us who care about global warming, 2006 and 2007 felt like pretty good years. Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for…
Prairie Bible Institute picks Calgary church to investigation abuse allegations
Centre Street Church in Calgary has not confirmed they have accepted the Prairie Bible Institute offer, nor has the church made an announcement or provided further information such as what…
Andy Revkin Interviews Franke James On Dot Earth: Canada’s Approach To Inconvenient Art
Franke James Banned On The Hill.png Andy Revkin has a great interview with Canadian artist Franke James on his Dot Earth blog at The New York Times. DeSmogBlog previously covered…
Can Fact Checking be Politically “Neutral,” When Facts Are Not Equally Distributed Across the Political Spectrum?
pinocchio.jpg Recently, I sat in on an off-the-record meeting about political fact-checking. I can’t report or quote from the event, but it spurred along some general thoughts that had already…
When loyalty is confused for love
But when loyalty becomes a practice of dismissing the consideration of right and wrong in order to “stand with” somebody, then it ceases to be a good civil habit, and…
Prairie Bible School President to abuse survivors – Are you going to suck or are you going to blow?
Prairie Bible School, which has received media attention for claims by former students and staff kids of physical, sexual, emotional and spiritual abuse has decided not to hire a US…
Radio topics, December 13
Happy Tuesday! CKCU is on the air, and I’ve got an exciting show lined up. At 8:05, we’ll be speaking with Jane Hilderman from Samara about their new report, The…
Secret life of Alabama politican Bill Johnson
A 52 year old married former Alabama politican didn’t tell his wife. He didn’t tell New Zealand fertility doctors. He wasn’t forthcoming with the women he contacted online. Bill Johnson,…
BREAKING: Canada Pulls Out of Kyoto Protocol
TarSandsLeaf.jpg Canada is pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, the cornerstone of international climate negotiations, in the wake of the failed COP17 climate talks in Durban. Canadian Environment Minister Peter…
A Democrat Undermines Science
planb_200x170.jpg In my debate a few months back with Kenneth Green about the left, the right, and science, my colleague really could have used some more strong examples of left…
"Raising Elijah": An Interview With Ecologist and Author Sandra Steingraber
Raising Elijah.jpg Q: In light of your new book Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis, which raises the specter of raising children in troubled times, both…