So the other day I had a conversation with someone about same-sex marriage. It's the topic of the day in Canada because the legislation is in debate in the house right now. This person has a comment that is the same as most others with variations on the same theme: The bible says it's wrong. Two men or women marrying is against the bible! We shouldn't have it! (others come up with different variations on this theme, some of them to do with religion and some not.) My answer is the ...

The headline/subtitle is so true. Terry Goodkind’s first rule is one of those most important lessons in life. You can see it happening all around you all of the time. Almost everything human beings do is not the result of logic and reason, but fear and wishful thinking. Case in point: This last week a gas station in Southern Ontario accidently posted a gas price of >$2 a litre because the stock boy behind the counter hit a 2 instead of a 1 on the good old number pad. Big deal right? H...

Now-a-days it seems that there is at least one in everything you do. Whether it be business (i.e. the government) or some community event or walking down the street. There’s always someone that is willing to use physical threat or other forms of coercion to get what they want. And the worst part about it? They get away with it. In Toronto we’re having horrible gang violence with illegal guns (wow, that gun registry really worked!) knives and anything else that they can get their hands on....