What if it had been consensual? The Jian Ghomeshi saga is now about sexual assault. He is of course entitled to the presumption of innocence especially given the seriousness of the allegations. But remember, he initially claimed the CBC fired him for conduct “unbecoming a prominent host” which raises the question, despite subsequent developments, whether there is voluntary sexual conduct that is disgraceful.
Well, isn’t this peachy? The Harper Tories’ fiscal update says they’ve solved all our budgetary problems, personal and national, surpluses are rolling in and free money is rolling out… just in time for the next election. Sadly, politicians do not always tell the truth. Click here to read the rest.
Today is Remembrance Day. No, it’s not Nov. 11 and my editor has not blundered and run this column on the wrong day. My point is that we should remember them every day. Click here to read the rest.
Just about the last ditch for people who deny the West is under siege by radical Islam is feeble pleading in the alternative: Jihadis are not attacking us, but if they are we started it. American foreign policy is provocative. Israel is provocative. We travel thousands of miles to drop bombs on them. No wonder they blow us up… not that they do, of course. But if they did, you know… just saying. Click here to read the rest.
It seems odd to be arguing whether Nathan Cirillo’s murder and the assault on Parliament was terrorism without any effort to discuss what terrorism is. Terrorism isn’t just a word for extreme badness. It’s a particular kind of evil, with particular methods and goals. Click here to read the rest.
What causes radicalization? It’s clearly a question we can’t afford to ignore. Click here to read the rest.
Don’t worry about Ebola. Government is on the job. Oh, you don’t find that reassuring? Click here to read the rest.
It is a credit to our system that Parliament debated our Iraq mission. Unfortunately they had a partisan squabble over whether Canada is doing too much when we needed a statesmanlike discussion of whether we are doing too little. Click here to read the rest.