Here, Mo, You Can Have Hosni’s Cell
Any remaining shred of doubt that the Egyptian military is playing major league hardball on this coup d’etat is gone. It’s not just the killings of Egyptian Islamists. It’s not…
The Mound of Sound
We Lose Americans
At least it’s not a total loss. The big loss is the death of esteemed crime novelist, Elmore Leonard, of a stroke at age 87. Among his 45 novels are…
Closing Ranks Behind Officer Forcillo
The right wingers seem to have settled on their talking points for Jimmy Forcillo, the Toronto cop who executed Sammy Yatim on a Toronto streetcar last month. The first point…
It’s Here – Earth Overshoot Day, This Year 20 August, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, marks Earth Overshoot Day for 2013. This is not a record to celebrate. It tells us that, in under eight months, mankind exhausts an entire annual supply…
Oregon GOP Ups the TinFoil Hat Ante
The Oregon Republican Party has elected a new chairman and they got themselves a guy with a PhD and everything. He’s Art Robinson and he’s an idea man, big ideas…
How Germany Made a Killing on the Euro-Crisis
Europe’s fiscal crisis has hammered much of the E.U. from Ireland to Britain, Spain, Portugal, France and Greece. Germany, however, has made out like a bandit. The collapse of every…
What Gave Him Away?
It only took them two decades to track him down, but Indian authorities claim to have captured the mastermind responsible for more than 40-bomb attacks in India. No word yet…
What an Exodus Looks Like, Or Does It?
This image, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, is said to show an exodus of Syrian Kurds, escaping the brutal civil war to take refuge in the autonomous Kurdish territory…
Coastal Flooding – A Trillion Dollar a Year Problem by 2050
People who inhabit coastal areas don’t waste much breath muttering about hoaxes or myths of climate change. They leave that nonsense to petro-heads and other drylanders. A new report warns…
Is Japan’s Prime Minister’s Mansion Actually Haunted?
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe won’t set foot in the place. In 2007, during a previous term in office, Abe left the prime minister’s mansion and, despite being re-elected seven…
You Know It’s a Coup When
When you’re an Egyptian, you know your uprising has actually been a military coup when the authorities release Hosni Mubarak. It was unclear how Egyptians — particularly those who have…
Yatim’s Killer Charged With Murder
Toronto constable James Forcillo has been charged with second degree murder in the execution of Sammy Yatim in a Toronto streetcar on July 27th. Over a span of 13 seconds,…
Charting America’s (And Our Own) Descent Into Madness
He’s one of the most under-celebrated sages of this era but that doesn’t stop American Henry Giroux from dispensing invaluable pearls of wisdom and insight. He currently is Chair in…
Am I Racist?
Word has it they’re Vietnamese. Not that many around here can discern the subtleties of southeast Asian nationalities. We grew familiar with them scouring the flats of Nanoose bay, opposite…
Israel Wants Amended Deal on American Arms
Israel and the U.S. are renegotiating their 30-billion dollar weapons (military aid) deal. Israel wants a clause in the amended deal that commits the U.S. to maintaining Israel’s QME or…
A Retired Marine Colonel Warns of America’s Covert Domestic Army
Homeland Security is pre-staging a massive para-military force, a domestic army being assembled because the government fears the people.
Let’s Not Be Too Quick to Do Harper’s Bidding – Again
Stephen Harper’s overarching goal since he signed up with the Reform Party has been to shift Canada’s political centre far and permanently to the right. With the collaboration of the…
The New World Disorder or How the West Must Learn to Live With Planet Chaos
It seems that not a day passes without news of some bombing in Iraq or massacre in Afghanistan, atrocities in Syria and Sudan and Somalia. Now we watch Egypt transform…
Christians Should Stop Whining About Persecution
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, thinks some Christians living in foreign lands need to “grow up” and stop hyping tales of how they’re persecuted. “When you’ve had any…
Senate Residence Requirements Are Not a Frivolous Formality
Canadian senators are appointed to represent their home province. Although some, like the barnstorming Cavendish Cottager, may appear to represent their party, not the country and not their province, that…