With Israel winding down its incursion into Gaza, we search through the physical and mental rubble for lessons. As usual, an air of unreality permeates the exercise. Click here to read the rest.
The Gaza crisis and shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine should at least stop loose talk of the “international community.” There is no such thing, and if there were, it wouldn’t be on the side of the West. Click here to read the rest.
Are you enjoying your newfound global tranquility? If so you can thank Barack Obama. At least, that’s what he says. Click here to read the rest.
Did you know Oxfam Canada was a branch of government? A surly branch,chewing hard on the hand that feeds it, but a branch all the same. I shouldn’t be surprised. Nor should they.
Prime Minister Harper’s Mideast trip was going pretty well until I opened the paper and saw him handing Jordan about $100 million. Man. That’s one expensive photo-op. Click here to read the rest.
Apparently the U.S. is putting “pressure” on Israelis and Palestinians to advance the “Mideast peace process.” Pressure, I think, is a colourless, odourless gas that causes journalists to write headlines. But I have no idea what this “peace process” might be. Click here to read the rest.
Canada's new Office of Religious Freedom, with a $5-million budget and astaff of five, may set tyrants around the world shaking ... with laughter. But a candle is worth lighting given the extent of darkness out there.