Peter Anthony Holderhttp://www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/author/180enghttp://www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/1190http://www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/1190 Many years ago, during the Nixon administration in the U.S., Vice-President Spiro Agnew once called the press “the nattering nabobs of negativity.”Perhaps that chestnut of a phrase, which was actually penned in a speech for the Veep by William Safire, could be applied today to the folks who wish to reign over language and culture with the sanitization that is political correctness.How else could you explain the idea of taking a poem that is a Christmas classic, written by Clement Clarke Moore back in 1822, and changing it for the sake of appeasing today’s sensibilities of removing anything a child might see or hear that has a negative connotation? Peter Anthony HolderFri, 21 Sep 2012 01:53:00 -0400http://www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/1022http://www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/1022 Today I became part of a jury pool – a group of 200 people who would be whittled down to twelve jurists for a criminal stabbing case; a group that spent the better part of the morning trying to find a loophole that would get them out of jury duty.Here in Quebec when the judicial system wants you to fulfill your civic obligation, it sends a letter informing you of where and when to appear, along with a series of reasons why you may be disqualified. Peter Anthony HolderFri, 26 Aug 2011 15:30:00 -0400