Author Archive for Dave McRitchie
In a 7 to 2 vote the US Supreme court ruled April 15th that the most common method of lethal injection to execute condemned prisoners is constitutional. The justices said the three-drug...
Yoko Ono sues "Expelled" filmmakers over Imagine
48 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Lennon's sons...
From the BBC we have this report published today demonstrating the cutting edge level of current Muslim scientific thinking. Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time...
The use of the Olympic Games as a venue for political activity is by no means a new phenomenon. The 1936 Berlin games during which Adolph Hitler’s plans to demonstrate Aryan superiority were scuttled...
I'm probably not the first nor certainly the only blogger to post Geert Wilders' film, but I feel it must get as much distribution as possible. Let's hope Google has the cojones to leave it...
In an attempt to undermine, or at least neutralize as much as possible, Geert Wilders’ as yet unreleased anti-Islamic film “Fitna” the Dutch government has countered with its own film. In the...
With the possible exception of the Dutch government, the world is anxiously awaiting Geert Wilders' anti-Islamic film "Fitna." Postponed several times, the latest word is that the film will be...
“Wishing to remove from the minds of your Eminences and all faithful Christians this vehement suspicion reasonably conceived against me, I abjure with sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and...
This brilliant send-up of bridal magazines (and Muslim extremists) made the rounds of the blogosphere two years ago. For those who missed it, as I did, here it is again.
Almost makes me want to...
This brilliant send-up of bridal magazines (and Muslim extremists) made the rounds of the blogosphere two years ago. For those who missed it, as I did, here it is again.
Almost makes me want to...
After 1300 years of cultural stagnation Islam may yet see its Age of Enlightenment.
From: guardian.co.uk Feb. 27, 2008.
Turkey is engaged in a bold and profound attempt to rewrite the...
There seems to be no end to the demands made by Muslim immigrants with respect to their religious beliefs While often some accommodation can be made, in this instance their demand is simply...
The End of the World as We Know It As the subtitle indicates, in his first book author Steyn contends that the Western world is going to hell in a hand basket. The future, if there is to be one,...
A Journey into the 3.5 Billion History of the Human Body My post of Jan.14, 2008 is an excerpt from the final chapter and it was this passage that whetted my appetite to read the entire book. ...
Like most bloggers I have a program that tracks visits to the View and, like most bloggers, I like to see where the hits come from. Usually, I do a fast run-down once a day looking for anything of...
As a follow up to one of the most- viewed posts ever on the View from Here , “Sharia Banks? – No Thanks” here’s an op/ed article from today’s Globe and Mail.
Banks are...
As a follow-up to one of my most-viewed posts ever "Sharia Banks? - No Thanks" here's an op/ed article from today's Globe and Mail.
Banks are helping sharia make a back-door entrance TAREK FATAH ...
The Dutch cabinet has decided against a general ban on burquas, clothing that covers the whole face except for the eyes.
The cabinet argues that a general ban would violate the constitutionally...
The government of the Netherlands is worried.
Leader of the right-wing Freedom Party, Geert Wilders says he will release a ten minute anti-Qur’an film at the end of this month. Mr. Wilders...
This lengthy article, which I shamelessly lifted from the University of Chicago Magazine, presents the best refutation of Intelligent Design that I have seen.
Adapted from Your Inner Fish by Neil...
The Anglican Bishop of Rochester (UK), Rt. Rev. Michael Nazir-Ali has created considerable notoriety claiming that there are areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter....
Well, you might start with your local Catholic church.
The Vatican has recently ordered bishops to form teams of priests in each diocese trained to fight demonic possession.
However, it has not...
While I normally much prefer to post original material to The View from Here, I feel strongly that the following op/ed piece from The Boston Globe deserves a much wider audience than it may be...
Canadian Muslims are using Canada’s democratic principles to further their own non-democratic agenda.
Responding to complaints by the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC), the Canadian Human Rights...
The inevitability of death, as well as the possibility that there is no afterlife, are difficult pills for most of us to swallow. As a result, we look for evidence, no matter how unsubstantiated,...
Two courageous Muslims who have it right. Let's hope this serves as a wake-up call to the danger in our midst.
Tarek Fatah and Farzana Hassan,
National Post
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The tragic...
If you’re a reader of books, and likely even if you’re not, the term “New Atheists” immediately brings to mind four names, that of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Dan Dennett and Christopher Hitchens....
Skirt too long to please employer
Muslim airport worker, laid off after altering uniform, takes case to rights commission
The Star
November 17, 2007
John Goddard, Staff Reporter
A few inches of...
It’s been two decades since the TV demise of pioneer televangelists Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart amid charges of sexual impropriety and fraud. While still in business, neither command the millions...
After a misinterpretation by Elections Canada officials of federal election laws passed this spring allowed Muslim women to vote in three Quebec by-elections without removing their veils for...
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