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		<title>Honour killings</title>
		<link>http://edges.canadahomepage.net/2012/02/05/1193/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Mohammed Shafia and Tooba Yahya truly believed they were doing right, they would have felt no need to hide the truth. ]]></description>
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		<title>Technology</title>
		<link>http://edges.canadahomepage.net/2012/01/29/1189/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone expected Wikipedia to disintegrate into chaos. Instead, it has proved as accurate as the venerable <i>Encyclopaedia Britannica</i>]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise ship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't recall ever having a safety drill on a bus or train &#8211; although they have more accidents than cruise liners.]]></description>
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		<title>Pipeline</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm not arguing in favour of pipelines, generally. I'm merely pointing out that IF we're going to ship products, there are worse ways to do it.]]></description>
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		<title>Men</title>
		<link>http://edges.canadahomepage.net/2012/01/08/1177/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you notice a common factor in all these incidents? The common element in all these killings is men.]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://edges.canadahomepage.net/2012/01/01/1168/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday January 1, 2012
Hanging the year on a mistake
By Jim Taylor
New Year&#8217;s Day is a crock! Its only significance is as a reminder of our infinite capacity for self-deception.
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Technically, I suppose a new year can start anywhere, any time. In that sense, every birthday is the start of a new year. Wedding anniversaries, the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polygamy</title>
		<link>http://edges.canadahomepage.net/2011/12/04/1164/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief Justice Robert Bauman ruled that if a constitutional provision promotes harm to a country's citizens, it cannot be absolute. Freedom of religion matters. But not if it justifies crimes.]]></description>
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		<title>Matthew</title>
		<link>http://edges.canadahomepage.net/2011/11/27/1162/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hold the gospel of Matthew accountable for the Crusades, the Inquisition, and George W. Bush.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide</title>
		<link>http://edges.canadahomepage.net/2011/11/20/1150/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Canada, it is legal to commit suicide. But it is illegal to assist someone to commit suicide -- the crime of helping someone commit a non-crime, if that makes any sense -- or to counsel someone to commit suicide.]]></description>
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		<title>Arson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until now, the accepted standards for determining arson were essentially guesswork. Analysts examined the debris after the fire cooled. They deduced causes. They passed their assumptions along to their successors. Before long, those assumptions became Holy Writ.]]></description>
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