They are against the American government and work assiduously for its downfall. They are xenophobic, warmongering, don't like gays much and are opposed to women's rights in many areas. Their fundamentalist rhetoric is inflammatory, their tactics cunning and contrived.

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Last summer, a rare but telling event occurred, when scientists left their labs to vent their frustration on Parliament Hill.  They marched in a mock funeral procession, mourning "The Death of Evidence." More and more, Canadian scientists employed by the federal government say they are being muzzled by Ottawa. They are being told when, if, and how to speak to the public about their research.

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Michael goes to Sunday School to learn about the origin and meaning of musical terms. Why are they all in Italian? What's the difference between legato and staccato? Why don't composers just write: "play slower, already!" if that's what they want musicians to do?

His teacher is Stephanie Martin, who teaches music at York University. She's a composer, an organist and the artistic director and conductor of Toronto's Pax Christi Chorale, an 80-voice oratorio choir.

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If you have a child who's heading off the rails, acting out inexplicably, getting into real trouble, you might have to wait months, even years for the help they need, and a safe place for them to receive it. Psychiatric beds for young people are few. Treatment centres have endless wait lists. But the prison door is always open. And punishment is easier to dole out than care.

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The World Economic Forum has declared that Iceland is the most feminist country on Earth. Iceland's status as a great place for women has been achieved in no small part, thanks to Vigdis Finnbogadóttir.

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Michael reads listener mail about the rebirth of Marxism and Looking for a Place to Rest, our documentary last week about a military chaplain who developed PTSD after his deployment to Afghanistan. 

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