Did I really hear CBC's Cross Country Checkup host Rex Murphy refer to "Jean Chretien's liars" seeking to have Justice John Gomery removed as commissioner of the sponsorship inquiry?

Or is my own mind inventing Freudian slips for the usually nimble-tongued Mr. Murphy? :^)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi could only muster up 16 suicide bombers in a country of 25 million people to attack polling stations? That's not so good (for him, obviously).

There were over 5,200 polling stations to ...   more »

Musical artists have spoken (albiet in a cheesy poll of 31 people), and they think Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' -- made six months before his death -- is the best music video of our time.

The same-sex marriage issue in Canada has caught the eye of one of the most influential players on the U.S. Christian Right: Focus on the Family, led by Dr. James Dobson.

If the name sounds familiar, it's because he's the same guy who recently took a run at Spongebob Squarepants.

Ami Eden, editor of the New York-based Jewish newspaper The Forward, has written a commentary for the NYT on why the world's Jewish community needs new tactics to combat anti-Semitism.

NYT columnist Thomas L. Friedman has a solution for dealing with the Middle East and the other oil-producing regions of the world -- grow less dependent on them:

Jury selection starts Monday in the Michael Jackson sex abuse case.

This BBC story looks at the overall horde that will descend on the Santa Maria courthouse, but I've excerpted the media stuff:

A newspaper in Morocco has written that the tsunamis were divine retribution for the licentious ways and sex tourism industry of southeast and south Asia.

This had thousands of people in the streets -- endorsing that ...   more »