As Canadians, most of us have learned about such nation-defining events as the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada or the Red River Rebellion, but in the next issue of This, we chronicle four under-appreciated rebellions that explode the myth of Canada as a place with a peaceful (and boring) history. The July/August issue of […] More »

A feature in the current issue of the magazine, entitled “Staying the course: Why Canada shouldn’t pull its troops out of Afghanistan,” has generated its fair share of discussion, as our next issue’s Letters pages will attest. The discussion continues to evolve as Canada’s involvement in the NATO mission in Afghanistan carries on — and […] More »

If you think Canada’s military belongs in Afghanistan, sit up and take notice: The Dominion has a correspondent in Kabul who is finding that even among elected lawmakers, the popular sentiment is that foreign troops are “acting against Islam and they are attacking innocent people,” as Ahmad Shah Khan Achekzai, pictured at right, says. Interviews […] More »

From the chickens have a habit of roosting department: Donald Rumsfeld spent the early part of the week wondering why the President wouldn’t phone him back. Then he watched the Republicans get booted out of everywhere but the White House — at which point I guess he started hoping the President wouldn’t call. Then the […] More »

Depending on the year, sometimes I buy a poppy and sometimes I don’t. I guess it has something to do with what message I feel I’m sending by wearing one. This year, I’ve decided not to buy one — even though I would be wearing it in remembrance of the horrors of war and the […] More »

What are we to make of Canada’s official reticence in opinionating about Saddam Hussein’s imminent neck-stretch? GWB likes it. He’s using it to firm up the well-documented flaccid Republican vote in tomorrow’s midterm elections, and it just may work for him. US Democrats are predictably not NOT liking it, stressing that Hussein’s execution is probably […] More »

…George Will hands his glove to a fan and goes for a beer. Thanks to Paul Wells for calling my attention to this slapfight on the right. Respected rightwing commentator George Will zings the Bush administration using the word “realism;” a word they, apparently, despise. The Bush administration releases the hounds, er, hound, Peter Wehner, […] More »

From The Guardian online: Don’t look now Images I have seen recently include a close up of a suicide bomber exploding in two, an insurgent being shot through the head by an American sniper, full scale firefights between US patrols and insurgents plus endless images of body parts scattered about in the aftermath of the […] More »

Funny, why haven’t we seen this article about John Bolton saying there is no moral equivalent between Lebanese civilian deaths and terrorism victims published anywhere but the independent media? More »

Nothing like a heat wave to angry up the blood. The woman who would be President is displaying some more of that base-cementing political genius she’s developed lately. The New York Times reports on comments Senator Hillary Clinton made about the missiles being lobbed back and forth across the Lebanon/Israel border. She leaves no room […] More »

I find myself completely appalled by today’s front-page column by George Jonas in the National Post. Normally I try not to let Post columnists provoke me into posting about them, since it just draws attention to their views. But in this case… Jonas is an apologist for the Israeli military, and practically the first words […] More »