English: Tori Stafford trial aftermath: Religion and the death rapper
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Israeli expatriates, rapper Ron Raphael Braunstein describes himself as “Jewish, half Romanian and half Israeli.” 2:07pm

Blizzard: List of government meddling just keeps growing
Some say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The McGuinty government disagrees. The road to hell is paved with cheeseburgers. And fries. Yummy, fries. With gravy.

Ivison: A cooling Northern vision
Arctic sovereignty is often seen as Stephen Harper's signature legacy project. Every summer, the Prime Minister heads north to indulge in an expensively choreographed photo opportunity, flanked by CF-18 fighters and half the Royal Canadian Navy.

Cameron: Ontario, Quebec student mindsets differ
A year ago, I finished my post-secondary education. Two degrees and five years of tuition fees set me back $25,000. If I had grown up in Quebec and gone to a Quebec university or college, my total bill for tuition would have totalled around $12,500

Tom Harpur: Bible offers no opposition to gay rights
Following hard on the heels of U.S. President Barack Obama's historic and courageous announcement of his full support for the marriage of committed same-sex couples, the floodgates of sharp condemnation have opened wide. 11:25am

Jamie Oliver: Join the Food Revolution
[Q&A] In a world where 42 million children under the age of five are already obese, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver calls for drastic change.

Saunders: What would a Canada of 100 million feel like? More comfortable, better served, better defended
If you were in London 110 years ago to watch the coronation of King Edward VII, it would have looked a lot like the scene of this month’s royal jubilee, with one notable exception: In 1902, the route of the royal coach, visited by millions of people, had been transformed into a giant advertisement for immigration to Canada.

Hume: G20 policing report an arresting document
From Officer Bubbles all the way up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the G20 was a demonstration of just how stupid, arrogant and brutish official Canada has become.

Tim Harper: Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page still standing despite Conservative pummeling
With a single word, Kevin Page crystallized the debate about cost overruns on the F-35s.

Mandel: Supreme Court to make a life and death decision
When my grandmother had a devastating stroke and there was little doubt she was dying, the doctors coldly told my mom there was no hope and they’d like to remove her feeding tube.

Hassan: Burka, niqab study doomed to bias
Sound research requires the meticulous and unbiased sampling of participants. It also requires objective researchers. A proposed study on Muslim face coverings by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, however, flouts both these prerequisites.

O'Flanagan: Memories of Toronto’s G20 protests still scar
Maybe it was my short, graying hair, or the fun, straw pork pie hat I was wearing, which together sent a signal that I was not a radical, not an instigator or a “marauding terrorist.”

Mahoney: Failed falls water under the bridge now
When I tell people about “my” Hamilton, I tell them about the struggle for a community’s soul played out against the backdrop of a rusted-out, post-industrial wasteland — or, as it’s sometimes called, “our lovely city of waterfalls.”

Armstrong: Nothing shocking about sex exhibit
I'll admit it. I was embarrassed by the Museum of Science and Technology's new exhibition, Sex - A Tell-All Exhibition.

Lilley: No food rights on menu: UN’s special rapporteur a tough act to swallow
For all those Canadians who don’t think the United Nations has outlived its usefulness, I present Olivier De Schutter.

Adler: Only Tori’s Law can deliver justice
Michael Rafferty is guilty. Guilty of kidnapping. Guilty of rape. Guilty of murder in the first degree.

Goar: Budget legislation riddled with unwelcome surprises
Fifteen years as a parliamentarian haven’t worn away Pat Martin’s rough edges. The Winnipeg New Democrat, a former union organizer, has a well-documented tendency to use intemperate — occasionally profane — language when the government angers him. It happens often.

Levy: Proud that Mayor Ford was at flag-raising ceremony
I had another column prepared in my head when I walked out to the lunchtime flag-raising for the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia Thursday.

Fiorito: PARC writers’ workshop publishes new book
Books find readers, even if it takes a little time; and, every now and then, readers find writers. Tyde lives in my neighbourhood. She makes art, she sings, and for the purposes of the day, she also writes.

Jarvis: Writing the book on scandal
It's like there's a colossal bull's-eye emblazoned across the Windsor Public Library.

Rick Bartolucci: Private sector will provide ONTC services
Our government's decision to divest the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission was a difficult one that was made after careful deliberation.

LFP Editorial: Politicians should focus on keeping meetings open
Ontario taxpayers know from long experience it's the closed-door meetings of civic politicians they most need to worry about. 11:24am

TorSun Editorial: Gardiner demolition — dumb and dead
During the David Miller regime at City Hall, the big plan for the Gardiner Expressway was to tear it down.

Globe Editorial: Toronto police must learn from G20 mistakes
The Toronto police seemed as ill-prepared for the release of a report on police conduct during the G20 protests two years ago as they were for the protests themselves.

TorStar Editorial: Toronto school board right to shut religious program for anti-Jewish material
There’s no room for hate in our schools – period. That’s why it’s good to see the Toronto District School Board taking quick, firm action to prevent a weekend religious school from using its facilities once it was shown that its curriculum included blatantly anti-semitic material.