About five years ago, I wrote a blog entry about a book that had a great impact on my understanding of the child soldier. Here is an excerpt from it: I suppose I might feel differently about Omar Khadr if I hadn’t read a particular book, A Long Way Gone,
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Politics and its Discontents: Oh, And Another Thing
This letter from today’s Star is a fitting response to all of the snarling and foaming coming from the mouth of newly-installed Conservative leader Andrew Scheer over the apology and compensation given to Omar Khadr by the Canadian government. Re: Ottawa apologizes for violating Khadr’s rights, July 8 I read
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Facts Are Facts
Despite the impotent snorting and sputtering of the likes of Andrew Sheer and his fellow travellers, the facts about the apology and compensation awarded to Omar Khadr speak for themselves. In today’s Star, Adriel Weaver writes the following, which I am reproducing in toto. Why we should embrace the Khadr
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: We All Have An ‘Opinion’
In a democracy, it is hardly expected that we will all be of one accord on anything. Opinion and debate are the lifeblood of a healthy and free society. The problem arises, of course, when the debate is fueled, not by reason and facts, but by rancour and misinformation. Such
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