The View from Here

Leviticus on Homosexuality and other Abominations

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:26:00 +0000

This was forwarded to me by my friend Mike Spence in Victoria, B.C. I thought it too good not to share. The Laura Schlessinger Retort Laura Schlessinger dispenses sex advice to people who call...

US Back in the Execution Business

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:22:00 +0000

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...

From the Why am I not Surprised Department

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:51:00 +0000

Yoko Ono sues "Expelled" filmmakers over Imagine 48 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Lennon's sons...

Muslim Call to Adopt Mecca Time

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:03:00 +0000

From the BBC we have this report published today demonstrating the cutting edge of current Muslim scientific thinking. Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to...

On the Road to Beijing

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000

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...

Fitna - the Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:07:00 +0000

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. Here it is. UPDATE: Mar. 29,2008. No doubt some...

Dutch Government Releases Anti-Wilders Film

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:44:00 +0000

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...

Galileo Rehabilitated - Catholic Church Recants

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:27:00 +0000

“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...

Jihad Bride Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:53:00 +0000

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...

Turkey strives for 21st century form of Islam

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:43:00 +0000

After 900 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 basis...

Muslim Medics Pose a Danger of Infection in UK Hospitals

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:32:00 +0000

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...

America Alone - Mark Steyn

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:34:00 +0000

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,...

Your Inner Fish - Neil Shubin

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:11:00 +0000

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. ...

A Visit from the Vatican

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:25:00 +0000

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...

Sharia Banking - Again

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:24:00 +0000

As a follow-up to one of the most popular posts ever on The View, here is an op/ed item from today's Globe and Mail. Banks are helping sharia make a back-door entrance TAREK FATAH Special to...

Dutch Cabinet Decides Against General Burqa Ban

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:00:00 +0000

The Dutch cabinet has decided against a general ban on burqas, clothing that covers the whole face except for the eyes. The cabinet argues that a general ban would violate the constitutionally...

A Crisis in the Netherlands

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:53:00 +0000

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...

Getting In Touch with Your Inner Fish

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:31:00 +0000

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 Call to Prayer in Britain

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:40:00 +0000

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....

Possessed by demons? Satan got ya? Who ya gonna call?

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:05:00 +0000

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...

The Islamist War on Muslim Women

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:39:00 +0000

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...

On Trial - Freedom of Speech in Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:23:00 +0000

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...

Karma and Other Nonsense

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:43:00 +0000

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,...

The Deadly Face of Muslim Extremism

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:13:00 +0000

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...

The New Atheists

noreply@blogger.com (Dave McRitchie) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:42:00 +0000

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....