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Articles

Encouraging citizens to participate in politics
Voter and Citizen education
Culture of Death (Divorce, Abortion, Sodomy, etc.)
"Political Philosophy" (somewhat more fundamental articles)
Relations between Church and State
Islam
Problems more specific to Canada
Problems more specific to the Province of Quebec
Problems more specific to the USA
The environment

Project for the Declaration of Common Ground
General Resources
Resources Specific to Canada and Quebec


Articles

Encouraging citizens to participate in politics

A Reading List For Political Cynics
Dirty Dishes and Clean Politics [MP3 - 300]
Aren't All Politicians Rotten? [MP3 - 301]
How should we participate in politics? [MP3 - 302]
United We What?

Voter and Citizen education

Verbal Inflation and Impoverished Thought [MP3 - 320]
How To Kill Your Democracy Piecemeal [MP3 - 321]
Shopping Mall, Or Education Mall? [MP3 - 322]
Surfing The Wave, Or Making One's Wave? [MP3 - 323]
Electronic Petition, or Democratic Vandalism? [MP3 - 324]
One Million Dollars, One Whip Lash [MP3 - 325]
Sustainable Development, And Pollution By Pious Wishes [MP3 - 326]
A Generic Catholic Election Platform
How To Make A Web Site For A Political Party: Part 1
How To Make A Web Site For A Political Party: Part 2
The Quebec Bureau Of Skills Assessment (QBSA)
The Thawing Of Tuition Fees, And The Economy's Springtime
Dear Olivier (Letter To A Quebec Cegep Student)
Small Complaint To The CRTC About CHOI-FM
How To Put Your Political Foot In Your Mouth
What Is Democracy? Some Preliminary Groundwork

Culture of Death (Divorce, Abortion, Sodomy, etc.)

A Reading List for Pro-Choicers
A Reading List for Homosexual Persons
A Condom To Prevent The Transmission Of Science? [MP3 - 350]
Does "Homosexuality" Exist? [MP3 - 351]
Tolerance, Or Active Glorification?
Homosexuality And Hope (Statement of the Catholic Medical Association)
Snippets Of Debates About Homosexual Attractions [MP3 - 352]
Open Letter To Advocacy Organizations For Rights Of Homosexuals
A Brief History Of Abortion In Canada
In Which Pro-Life Organization Should I Get Involved?
Girl, Are You A Puppet Of The Media?
Clean Knives But Infected Brains
Lipstick On Suicide

"Political Philosophy" (somewhat more fundamental articles)

Who Speaks Truly? [MP3 - 006]
Public Enemy #1: Religious Obscurantism [MP3 - 007]
The Spiritual Water Table [MP3 - 008]
If God Is Dead, Nothing Is Forbidden [MP3 - 009] (Can we get rid of God, and still have good politics?)
Bill C-666 [MP3 - 370] (Where do human rights come from?)
The Principles Of Solidarity And Subsidiarity [MP3 - 371]
Do You Want To Be A Proton Or An Electron? [MP3 - 372]
The EYE Was In The Bedroom And It Stared At Trudeau [MP3 - 373] (Is it true that "The State has no business in people's bedrooms"?)
The Three Different Kinds Of Political Power [MP3 - 374]
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (CoSocDoc)
(See also the "Lost Sermons for Catholics Involved in Politics")

Relations between Church and State

A Reading List For Atheists
Should we leave our Bible in the closet when we go vote? [MP3 - 400] (What should be the relationship between Church and State?)
A Crucifix For Pagans? [MP3 - 401] (What good political reasons do we have to encourage pagans to hang a crucifix in their homes?)
The Gross National Product And The Ten Commandments [MP3 - 402] (Is economic prosperity possible without moral virtue?)
The Vietnam War And The Ten Commandments [MP3 - 403] (Is military success possible without moral virtue?)
The "Atheist Trinity": Tolerance, Equality, Ecology [MP3 - 404]
Pure As Doves, But Dumb As Dodos [MP3 - 405] (The typical diseases of Christian voters)

Islam

God Is Not Called Allah, And Muhammad Is Not His Prophet (Is Islam an intrinsically violent religion?)
Snippets Of Debates About Islam
Loose Lips, Sink Christian Ships (How not to conduct the next Crusade)
How the West Could Lose (Daniel Pipes. How pacifism, self-hatred, and complacency threaten the West.)
Going Through All These Things Twice (by Robert Spencer.)

The environment

Global Warming, And Frozen Christian Brains
Vicki Skywalker Vs. Darth Jetchick (Kyoto: Good Or Bad?)
To the ACMQVQ (The harmful effects of Materialism on the environment)
Rabaska, Or Liquefied Natural Disinformation

Problems more specific to Canada

O Canada, Land Of Barbarians [MP3 - 420]
The Caring And Feeding Of Your Catholic Constituents (How politicians can encourage unity, given a bit of cultural sensibility)
The CHP Pledge: Good Or Bad?
Is the CHP Pledge Anti-Catholic?
Does The CHP Want To Establish A Theocracy?
Supporting Stephen Harper Is Encouraging Abortion

Some Political Anecdotes (Information to better understand the political context)
I Cast The First Stone At Raymond Gravel (Reaction to the electon of a "Catholic Priest" as an MP for the Bloc Québécois)
Open Letter To Two Conservative MPs
Apology To The World
Ongoing Discrimination By The Status Of Women (by REAL Women of Canada)

Problems more specific to the Province of Quebec

The Province Of Quebec Needs A New Catholic Political Party [MP3 - 440]
How Could The CHP Make A Breakthrough In Quebec? [MP3 - 441]
Nine Months Minus One Day
Mr. Bean Tries To Get Elected
We Must Let The "Gilles Noël Party" Die Off

Open Letter To Candidates In Jean-Talon
Open Letter To Federal Candidates In Louis-Hébert
The Provincial Election In Quebec (Cheat sheet for Quebec voters)
Open Letter To Mr. Paul Shoiry
2007 Life Chain

Problems more specific to the USA

Right-Wing Christians Against Bush's Sins
The Noam Chomsky Virus


Project for the Declaration of Common Ground

Initial Project Vision ("Abortion: Have We Done Our Homework?")
FAQ for the Declaration
Newsletters for the Declaration


General Resources

A Generic Catholic Election Platform
How to assess the general health of a society
Some Books on Politics
How to assess political parties and their candidates
How to vote. How to choose the right party, the right candidate
How to promote a political party and its electoral platform (How to run a meeting, how to participate in an electoral debate, how to raise funds, how to help voters inform themselves, etc.)
Some Democracy-Related Organisations


Resources Specific to Canada and Quebec

Federal

Party "Scorecards"
Overview of party platforms
Party web sites
Elections Canada (good site!)

Provincial

Party "Scorecards"
Overview of party platforms
Party web sites
Directeur général des élections du Québec

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