When I found out that Sydney had been named as the venue for the 2008 World Youth Day (WYD2008), I initially had a lot of goodwill for the event, despite not being a Catholic myself. This was based on the very positive stories which had been relayed to me by some friends who had attended the previous WYD2005 in Germany. They had described their excitement at being present when the Pope named Sydney as the next host city as being similar to when Sydney was named as host for the Olympics. Read more »

This whole Mark Steyn fooferaw just gets slimier and slimier. Read more »

Read more »

I’ve been following the case brought by the Ontario-based Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) against Mark Steyn in the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. And as per Pete M’s request, I’m writing a post on it (in the middle of the night because I’m an insomniac). Read more »

Continuing on the American theme from Helen’s conference post below, I thought I might mention this amusing First Amendment case, Purtell v Mason. I’ll let Sykes J from the Seventh Circuit of the United State Court of Appeals introduce the story: Read more »