"the telescope through which we can see the star upon which we dwell."
G.K. Chesterton defining religion, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 8 #1 (Sept. 2004)
"I would rather lick fire ants off a stick..."
Blogger Dale Franks of QandO.net re a now forgotten piece of political maneuvering, quoted by John Fund in The American Spectator March 2006
My latest crowd-funded documentary project "Israel for Canadians" is now live on Kickstarter.
Too many Canadians have somehow acquired a mistaken impression of Israel as a regional bully, a fortress under siege, an intolerant, chauvinistic or even theocratic culture, or a colourful museum. I want to dispel all such illusions, showcasing its technological achievements, its contemporary culture, its environmental movement, its vigorous debates on everything from religion to security, its very real security challenges and its inhabitants' abiding desire for peace.
If you value the only democracy in the Middle East, a dynamic, open society, an ally of the West, the home of one great world religion and the birthplace of another, please visit Kickstarter and make a pledge.
Because as the late George Jonas once put it, "Truth unasserted is a lie unopposed."
"Pain is not suffering"
Slogan on a Nike ad featuring Olympian triathlete Simon Whitfield in Globe and Mail August 27, 2008
In my latest Looniepolitics column I explain why the apparently reassuring numbers in this thing called “EQUALITY + GROWTH/ A Strong Middle Class”, which seriously was the federal budget’s title, are actually worrisome.
In my latest National Post column I say the emptiness of "a plan that puts people first" puts conceit first... and puts us all at risk.
If you're concerned about the direction government budgets are headed in this country at the federal, provincial and even municipal level, and you're in the Calgary area, please join us Friday and Saturday for the EEA's 5th annual Freedom School Conference, on "Stemming the Tide of Red Ink." You can see the list of speakers, get details and register here.
"early on the 23rd, we left the bloodstained heights of the Alma – a name that will be ever memorable in history.
Nicholas Bentley, ed., Russell’s Dispatches from the Crimea