Cloning is not a brave new world

By Corky Thatcher

he Medical Post, a newspaper that most doctors throw away without reading, is making waves this week by publishing a survey it held of Canadian doctors. One in five doctors in Canada believe it is acceptable to clone humans.Oh, no. Hide the children. Lock the doors.People have knee-jerk reactions to new technology they don’t understand.… Continue reading Cloning is not a brave new world

Boobs: everybody’s got ’em

By Corky Thatcher

Poor Linda Meyer. She just isn’t the best spokesperson for mammary activists.Meyer, who champions the right for women to bare their breasts in public, recently wrote the Vancouver Province telling them that "by publishing male nipples and refusing to publish mine, your newspaper is violating Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms." Then… Continue reading Boobs: everybody’s got ’em

Kirk for our new king

By Corky Thatcher

"I pick’t somebody from de press," Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said as he announced his appointment of Adrienne Clarkson as Governor General. He continued: "I was nice this time."Jawohl, mein Prime Minister."I was nice," indeed. What a perfect way to highlight his past abuses of power and his philosophy that he-can-do-whatever-the-fuck-he-wants-and-you-better-be-grateful-if-he-doesn’t-have-you-beaten-by-the-RCMP.Perhaps it could have been… Continue reading Kirk for our new king