Steve Jong-un, Canada’s Closet Croucher
I’ll bet if Steve Harper and Kim Jong-un were marooned on an island together for a few weeks they might discover they had more in common than they might have…
The Mound of Sound
World Economic Forum Sees War as Greatest Threat to Global Stability
A report from the World Economic Forum sees inter-state war as the top threat to global stability in the decade ahead and water as the main factor that will trigger…
Harper Casts a Dangerous Net. He’s Fishing For Your Rights, Your Freedoms.
One of the classic goals of terrorists is to force the government side to become regressive, to turn on its own people. Western governments, too stupid to realize this, use…
Sea Levels Rising Faster Than We Had Imagined
If there’s one aspect of climate change that even diehard denialists are having trouble writing off, it’s sea level rise. That’s especially noticeable in states along America’s eastern seaboard and…
Fey and Poehler at Their Best
As a human rights lawyer, she’s represented Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She’s served the UN and has investigated both the Egyptian judiciary and the…
"Wicked and Tragic Events" Do Not a War Make
The first instinct of the chickenhawk is to proclaim the existence of a state of war where none actually exists. By “chickenhawk” I mean Canada’s very own prime ministerial closet…
Israel’s Unanswered Questions
Just like every other US client state (except us, for now), Israel was quick to sign up to buy the Lockheed F-35 light attack bomber. The Israeli air force inked…
If You Want to Toboggan, Go to Colombia
Seriously, I want this job. Here’s how beer gets delivered in Colombia.
Our Schizophrenic War on Terror
Ah, yeah, right. It’s tough to win a war when you have to ally yourselves with both sides. That injects an element of schizophrenia in your policies and planning. It…
About That Islamic Terrorism, Who Are We Kidding?
Well those damned Muslims have us in hysterics now. Rupert Murdoch says this is on all Muslims. Bill Maher says ditto. But wait. There are two strains of Muslims –…
Oh, This is Rich
You might remember media mogul, ‘Reptilian Rupert’ Murdoch, as the guy who denied any personal responsibility whatsoever for the criminal enterprise he operated, the deservedly late News of the World.…
The "Meh" Society
There’s really no better way to understand another society that to live there. I have never known the United States better than during the years I spent studying there back…
Can You See Where This is Going?
The latest consumer-grade drones are a big hit at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in Las Vegas. The technology behind the latest drones has come a long way.…
Drone Wars, of the Good Kind
This is really disgusting. Any motorcyclist knows the experience of riding downwind of a pig farm. In a car you can simply put up the windows and turn off the…
Now They’ve Done It
The rise of the Islamic State, ISIS, has demonstrated how effectively Islamic extremists use social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Well, they did – past tense. Now the Charlie…
Is It Only Terrorism if White People are Attacked?
There was an act of domestic terrorism, an attack on the Colorado office of the NAACP, on January 6th. You probably never heard of it. That’s because the media didn’t…
My Paper is Better than Your Paper
I came to understand how much I appreciate picking up the Times Colonist from my doorstep when I brought in this morning’s edition. I fully expected the front page to…
Don’t Get the Idea that Capping Warming at 2C Still Won’t Hurt
Another study confirms that the survival of mankind, indeed most life forms on Earth, demands that we leave at least two thirds of our known fossil fuel reserves in the…
Ditching the Energy Superpower Illusion
Mankind is coming to a decision point. We can either walk away from high-carbon fossil fuels, leave the stuff in the ground, and keep our fingers crossed that somehow we’ll…
How a Court Pushed Israel and the United States into Meltdown
What is it about the International Criminal Court that has so inflamed Israel and the United States? It’s a court of law and a pretty good one at that. It’s…