Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey
Christian support for capital punishment, like Christian participation in war, has known a majority Christendom approbation since the era of Constantine in the fourth century. This support has likewise dominated Western secular jurisdictions until the last century...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey
A Brief Look at Restorative Justice (1) In 1974 two youths who had been drinking and had been “talked to” by the police already, took out their frustrations on the small community of Elmira, Ontario, by doing damage to twenty-two different vehicles and homes. Several...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey
Prime Minister Harper’s motives for supporting our troops and our mission in Afghanistan are well intentioned. But does he not thereby embrace a far greater threat: United States Empire? Mr. Harper and (now) Public Safety Minster Stockwell Day once wrote in The Wall...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
It was thought by many, for years, that Mount Robson (3954 metres) was the reigning monarch of all the jutting rock peaks of BC mountains. But, in 1925, BC climbing legends, Don and Phyllis Munday, having climbed Mount Arrowsmith (near Port Alberni), descended,...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey
I. Introduction While preparing this segment, I watched with fellow congregants Babette’s Feast, winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film in 1987. The film is a rich kaleidoscope of themes. One is how a community of the faithful renews itself after...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Wayne Northey, Book Reviews
[1](1) James Berardinelli in a review of Errol Morris’ 2003 film, The Fog of War, writes: “Long before McNamara became president of Ford motor company or entered the public spotlight, he served in World War II under the unrelenting command of General Curtis LeMay, the...
