And no brain needed! Andrew Adamatzky The slime mold Physarum polycephalum, in action … The United States is not alone in having an interstate highway system that gets the slime mold’s seal of approval. We have done similar experiments with…

East Germany – before and after. h/t Capt Capitalism…

At least your iPad is not part of the farce: … Reed Saxon, via Associated Press (Vita) The T.S.A. doesn’t ask for a special look at devices like smartphones, tablets and netbooks that work much like a laptop computer but…

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer A hoax or a miracle? The Shroud of Turin has inspired this question for centuries. Now, an art historian says this piece of cloth, said to bear the imprint of the crucified body of Jesus Christ, may be something in between. According to Thomas de Wesselow, formerly of Cambridge University, [...]

"Letting future generations bear the burden of population aging is appropriate" Jan. 10, 2008 – "The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession." "the economy "won’t" be too far from its full employment path, though." March 28, 2007 -…

Not really, according to the conclusion of this review of his Civilization: The Six Ways the West Beat the Rest: … Wishing that the nations of the West retain their cultural character in historic continuity with their ancestors, reproducing their…

Dear Readers; As Solar storms go, this last one came and went, and not much happened. Good thing too, if we got hit with a big one, Armageddon could be as simple as a year or two without electricity! ———————————————————– Richard A. Lovett for National Geographic News As solar storms go, the two March 6 [...]

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS The Four Noble Truths represent the core of the teachings of the Buddha, and are as follows: The First Noble Truth – dissatisfaction and suffering exist and are universally experienced. The Second Noble Truth – Desire and attachment are the causes of dissatisfaction and suffering. The Third Noble Truth – There [...]

Dear Readers; Remember the name “Janus Joan Inc,” of St. Catherines, and Stacey Szuch, who owns that company ………………! Keep this article in mind if you ever do any business with them! <– Terri-Lynn Garrie has a developmental disabiliy and went to the Human Rights Tribunal because she earned $1.25 an hour or less for [...]

Dear Readers; We here at ‘Perspective on Canada’ have been talking about Bill c-30 and your right to privacy a lot lately, and this article in the National Post show us how we are going another step down the road to ‘Big Brother!’ Although this article is a bit long, it is important that you [...]

<– Listed as director and president, the Egyptian-born Imam Aly Hindy calls himself a fundamentalist, not an extremist. An RCMP report refers to him as a “focal point for Toronto area Islamic radicals,” and a New York Police Department report calls Salaheddin “a known radical mosque.” Dear Readers; An article like this one would normally [...]

Dear Readers; After years of trying, Nik Wallenda finally got permission to walk across the Niagara gorge on the Canadian side. Nik had originally wanted to walk across the river itself between Canada and the United States, down by the Rainbow bridge, but problems arose when he didn’t have any place to put his passport [...]

Dear Readers; Just so ya don’t think I only pick on the Muslims ………….., or the Catholics ………….., or the Scientologists ……………………, or the Right Wing Evangelicals …………, or the Mormons ……….,  well, you get the idea! As I said in my book; “The Plain Truth About God” (A brief history of religion) I have [...]

Air quality improving across Canada since 1970s, risk of pollution-related illness overstated….

Dear Mr. Janssen; In reply to your article about the transgendered being allowed into the Girl Guides, I am almost 65 and I am a post-op transsexual and have been female for almost 15 years. I make that clear and the fact that I fathered 3 children and still live with my spouse of over [...]

Dear Readers. Your ever vigilant writer takes Teva-Valsartan 160 pills for his high blood pressure, and also the occasional Ibuprofen for headaches, so you can imagine my astonishment when I was taking both today and thought that they looked rather similar. Well let me tell ya folks, these two ain’t similar……………………….. they are identical. Now [...]

By Brian Moylan: Every year Lake Superior State University bans a bunch of words and phrases from the English language for good. They just released their list today and, I must say, it is amazing. Oh wait, we can’t say “amazing” anymore. The number one word for removal was “amazing,” which people say is overused [...]

Dear Readers; Since I grew up on the outskirts of  T.O. I have an affinity for this article, and like Christopher Hume’s stuff, even when he takes a shot at the ‘rotund one’ now and then!  (Ford) (By the way………… the correct pronunciation is Torawnna, not Toe-ron-toe!) By Christopher Hume Urban Issues, Architecture; All is [...]

Traditional holiday customs appear to be on the outs for some Canadians, according to the results of the latest poll. Fewer Canadians, 72 per cent, say they’ll be dining on turkey for Christmas dinner, down nine percentage points since 2007, according to the latest Ipsos Reid poll conducted for Postmedia News and Global News. Of [...]

Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose! Montreal Gazette, Nov. 19th; The White House sent new signals Sunday that President Barack Obama may be forced to kill TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oilsands pipeline if his administration is forced…