Here's a dog that barely whimpered in the night. Detroit went bankrupt and people went yeah yeah sure. Click here to read the rest.
A jury of his peers said George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in self-defence. Barack Obama urged people to respect the verdict. A host of people including his own attorney general promptly didn't. And the president who called for an adult conversation on race as a candidate five years ago was once again a bystander when his country needed a leader. Click here to read the rest.
The deadly derailment in Lac-Megantic dramatizes the hazards of carrying oil by train. But such accidents are very rare and no form of transport is entirely safe. So we should be asking not whether trains should carry oil but how much oil they should carry instead of pipelines. Click here to read the rest.
How did Egyptians get from celebrating the military departure from politics to celebrating its return in just two years? By not appreciating that self-government in the political sense depends on self-government in the personal sense. Click here to read the rest.
Aaaaah, summer. When young people shed their bulky clothes and show remarkable quantities of ... ink. Seriously, what's with all the tattoos? Click here to read the rest.
Next Canada Day, a year from now, Canadians will be gearing up for the 100th anniversary of the First World War and our nation's glorious contributions to saving freedom in that dreadful conflict. Or not. It's one of many parts of our history we don't hear much about lest it cause controversy. Click here to read the rest.