2023
It’s Going to Get Worse Before it Gets Even More Worse
Times are dark. Try to find moments of calm and humour to get you through the day. Covid is out of control. It’s nothing new, but more and more are…
Going Your Own Way
We live in difficult times. The Israeli-Hamas War is only the latest in a long series of crises. Susan Delacourt asks: What happens to a government that’s constantly in crisis…
Hamas’ historic miscalculation
Hamas expected Hezbollah to join them. They believed Arab nations would offer rhetorical and material support – and global jihad, too. None has happened. Hamas’ attack on Israel will turn…
This way for the genocide, ladies and gentlemen
“This Way for the Genocide, Ladies and Gentlemen.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. I have been in urban warfare in El Salvador, Iraq, Gaza, Bosnia and Kosovo. Once you fight street…
Hamas attacks on Israel inevitable
“Bibi What Have You Done? You’ve Ripped The People Apartǃ” reads a sign by Brothers in Arms, an organization of reserve men and women from various units in the IDF,…
Stop the genocide in Gaza
A Palestinian flag is seen on the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City’s Rimal district, October 10, 2023. Photo courtesy AFP. I work, write, and…
Leadership Down.
It was interesting to read the other day that the Jerusalem Post believed a poll that indicated that four out of five Jewish Israelis blame prime minister Netanyahu for the…
Comments about the Israel-Hamas War
I’m reading lots of thoughtful items about the Israel-Hamas War so I wanted to share them. By the way, one thing I have noticed is that posters on Twitter who…
Canadian Ditchley Foundation tells TBA’s David Parker he’s out as a director; Premier Smith does damage control
According to Take Back Alberta Executive Director David Parker, he has been informed by the Canadian Ditchley Foundation he’s being dumped as a director of the organization. Canadian Ditchley Foundation…
Israel’s Assault on Gaza
In the days since Hamas’s violent rampage through southern Israel, one word that keeps popping up is “unprovoked.” A Biden administration official condemned “the unprovoked attacks by Hamas terrorists against…
Wasted on the way
We had an opportunity in Vancouver and we wasted it. We could have shown the world what a progressive government could do, but we were not bold enough. We didn’t…
Wasted on the way
We had an opportunity in Vancouver and we wasted it. We could have shown the world what a progressive government could do, but we were not bold enough. We didn’t…
Wasted on the way
We had an opportunity in Vancouver and we wasted it. We could have shown the world what a progressive government could do, but we were not bold enough. We didn’t…
My latest: a terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist
Terrorist. And, here we go again. The definition of “terrorist” is someone who is prepared to use violence to achieve some political objective. It’s not complicated. At the CBC, however…
Real Thinking Requires Hard Work
I have thus far refrained from writing anything about the atrocities taking place in The Middle East. I have nothing constructive to add to the debate. However, I can’t help…
Dolor
Finally cleaned out under and between Jeep seats and found this: my Mom’s missing glove. A sad week got worse.
Media should serve the governed, not the governors
I began following the Washington Post decades ago, when journalists often held the feet of politicians to the fire. Today, that is less likely since many media owners today rank…
Manufacturing Consent to Spread SARS-CoV-2
Like the political/media machine convinced citizens that invading Iraq was necessary, we’re being convinced to spread a virus that will come back to destroy our own lives. Yesterday, Arijit Chakravarty,…
Conservative Curmudgeons.
Somehow, through the years, the conservatives in Canada have taken a wrong turn. From a basic ideology of conserving the qualities of life for Canadians, the conservative leadership has taken…