Is Canada Going the Way of Greece?
A report from PBS contends the Canadian economy is “headed off the cliff.” Vikram Mansharamani, a lecturer in the Program on Ethics, Politics & Economics at Yale University and a…
The Mound of Sound
Deliver Us From Evil
Why do we tolerate Saudi Arabia when the kingdom, and its Sunni state allies, seems determined to deliver Yemen into the control of ISIS and al Qaeda? Gwynne Dyer writes…
Why Syrzia Matters. It’s About a Good Deal More than Austerity. It’s About Salvaging Democracy.
Le Monde reminds all of us why Syrzia matters not just in Greece, but across Europe and even on our side of the North Atlantic. The Greeks don’t need to…
Want Canada to Make a Difference? Let’s Back Tunisia.
Face it. There’s not much hope that we’re really going to achieve anything significant from our air war in Iraq, regardless of whether we get stuck into Syria also. All…
It’s Degrading. Right Before Your Eyes.
What if somebody told you that, globally, mankind has about 60-years of farmland left. It’s hard to grasp how farmland, something that goes back to prehistory, could be in such…
Because You Really Can’t Tell the Players Without a Programme
The Duffy trial is just about a week away. It seems like forever since the scandal broke plunging Harper’s PMO and the Senate into a fearful rout. To get you…
What Is It With Barrick Gold?
When Bryan Mulroney left politics he took a spot on the board of Barrick Gold. So, too, did George H.W. Bush after he failed to win a second term as…
What Has Jason Kenney Been Smoking?
Seriously. I’m wondering if our fledgling defence minister was high, high, high, when he proclaimed that, after we defeat ISIS, Iraq and Syria better not look to Canada to create…
About that "Of the People, By the People, For the People" Business? Forget About It.
Proof positive that America is a corporatist state saddled with a “bought and paid for” Congress. The big US banks have given the Democrats an ultimatum – silence progressives like…
From Bad to Worse to Absolutely Nuts. How Yemen Complicates and Confounds Everything in Our War on ISIS.
MSM reporters are finally beginning to figure out that all’s not what it seems with our air war against ISIS. There are wheels spinning within wheels on this one. There’s…
Even Diplomats Admit Our Middle East Policy is a Mess.
Of course it’s a mess bordering on schizophrenia. We can’t figure out which side we should be fighting, Sunni or Shia. We’re bombing Sunnis on behalf of the Shia in…
It’s a Muslim Religious Civil War and We’re Going In Blind.
When we see one of our closest Arab allies, Saudi Arabia, go after a Shiite bunch engaged in combat with ISIS and al Qaeda forces, the same groups we’re supposedly…
Vic Toews – Deadbeat Tenant
He says he couldn’t understand the documents because they were in French even though the judgment was entitled “Decision.” It wasn’t until former Harper henchman Vic Toews judges’ salary was…
Running on Empty – Harper Defence Budget Stretching Military to Breaking Point
It’s the usual story. The federal government talks a good game but it’s just empty talk. A glaring example is Canada’s military. Harper came to power promising to build up…
From the Mekong to the Rio Grande – Some Things Just Don’t Change
During the Vietnam War, America maintained a large and active riverine force to patrol the Mekong and its tributaries to engage Viet Cong elements. It was a role featured in…
New Contest. Spot the Progressive!
I’ll bet you’ve got inside yourself some sense of progress, progressive, progressivism. Even bad people have a little. The question today is whether progressivism remains a real construct in Canadian…
I Used to Find Him Odd. Now I Know He’s Nuts.
He’s the Republican presidential nomination front runner (if only because there’s no one else in the race yet) and he’s a special guy at that. In his own humble opinion,…
A Little Perspective, Please.
There’s a split in the Liberal ranks over Canada’s role in our notional air war against ISIS. Should we be bombing ISIS forces in Iraq? Should we expand our missions…
Just Sayin’
C’mon, wrap your heads around this one. Does anybody find it curious that (radical Sunni) Saudi Arabia can barely make a token contribution to the fight against (radical Sunni) ISIS…