Irshad Manji: From anger to aspiration
September 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
Humbled by her body’s protests against a punishing schedule and sounding inspired by President Obama’s now-tarnished message of hope, pluralism and empathy, Canadian activist Irshad Manji’s mood has mellowed, although her message has not. Manji discussed her book at the Ottawa International Writer’s Festival on Wednesday night, and while she characterized her transformation from “anger [...]
The Devil you should know
September 13, 2011 | 5 Comments
The Arab Spring continues, freedom prevails, and democracy will now take its rightful place on Libya’s throne; the price for such an achievement was a miniscule amount of blood that continues today and the foreseeable future. These ‘freedom starved’ rebels once assumed the other side of the Imperialist’s barrel. They were once Al Kayda (Bush [...]
Parliamentarians and their conduct
September 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
One would think after the scandals of former federal minister of state Helena Guergis assigning a parliamentary e-mail account to her husband and former Congressman sexting various women, people would be careful about e-mail messages. Well, these declarations of admiration in 2010 did not help. Lysiane Gagnon asked an interesting question yesterday in The Globe and Mail. [...]
Republican voters should take a chance on Congressman Ron Paul……
August 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
I am no expert on American politics, I’ll be the first to say so, and I don’t like commenting on things where I may not have the full facts but I am very interested in the upcoming federal election for many reasons and felt unbelievably compelled to write this little piece about Congressman Ron Paul. [...]
London………..
August 9, 2011 | 4 Comments
“How beautiful a London street is then, with its islands of light, and its long groves of darkness, and on one side of it perhaps some tree–sprinkled, grass–grown space where night is folding herself to sleep naturally”…..Virginia Woolf. In times like these I find myself thinking about two statements made about the city of London: [...]
How Long Can We Stay in Libya?
July 12, 2011 | 5 Comments
I’ve been pretty up-front with my skepticism about our Libyan endeavour. I wouldn’t have committed Canada to this war, but I can understand the interventionist impulse. So, even if we are justified in being there, propping up the rebels, just how long can we credibly stay there? I ask this question after reading this post [...]
…or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
July 4, 2011 | 14 Comments
Perhaps I’m being a little hyper-critical, but this aspect of John Baird’s recent trip to Libya didn’t really sit well with me: In keeping with a long-held air force tradition, Baird signed a Canadian bomb destined for Gadhafi’s infrastructure with the message: “Free Libya. Democracy.” Not to put too fine a point on this tradition: [...]
Why I Want Moamar Gaddafi To Run For US President In 2012
June 3, 2011 | 23 Comments
Jeff Prager: This is a very simple math equation. The numbers: Bush 1, Bush 2, Obama, Clinton and rest of the Capitalist crew have imprisoned 2 million Americans and murdered another 8,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have several thousand political prisoners in the …USA. They killed 1 million Iraq’s outright and another 500,000 Iraqi [...]
John Baird vs. Chris Alexander
May 20, 2011 | 7 Comments
On paper, newly elected Tory Chris Alexander seems a perfect fit to lead the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Or put another, less diplomatically inclined way, via a friend on Facebook who commented upon learning of John Baird‘s appointment: “I’m sorry to all my friends who work at DFAIT.” This seems to be the consensus in the [...]
Ignatieff and Iraq
April 20, 2011 | No Comments
The Sun has a story that, I think, is supposed to be a gotcha on Michael Ignatieff. It appears that Mr. Ignatieff was part of a team of academics that helped the U.S. plan out the invasion of Iraq. On the surface, it would appear to be a slam against the Liberal leader for being [...]