My latest: the biggest liars
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, some people will eventually believe it. The author of that one, of course, was Joseph Goebbels, and he would…
Feature
My latest: charge them, prosecute them, convict them – then jail them
What is hate, and what isn’t? What words are against the law, and what words are allowed? Actions are easier to judge. When a six-year-old boy is stabbed to death…
My latest: when there is no one left to interview
Don’t make it about you. That’s one of the first things we learned in journalism school. First-person writing wasn’t completely outlawed – but, if your story had “I” and “me”…
My latest: the truth of what happened on October 7
October 7 was beautiful, clear day, and the sky above Israel seemed to go on forever. It was the weekend. It was the Sabbath. It was a religious holiday. What…
My latest: the Magna Carta of Evil
It’s the weekend, so there’s going to be more demonstrations against Israel. They’ve been happening every weekend since October 7, pretty much. There will be chants and signs and banners,…
My latest: ignorance = hate
“I never really knew much about Jews until this year.” That’s what Dana Remillard Kreil wrote in one of her essays, which ended up in court. She went on: “In…
My latest: the Beast is awake
I have never seen it this bad. And I’ve seen it when it is really, really bad. But never like this. Anti-Semitism, that is. Hatred and/or prejudice towards Jews. Some…
My latest: the social media sewer
Places of higher learning? Places that are stomach-churning, more like. We refer to campuses all over North America, of course. Since October 7, far too many students at university, college…
My latest: we need leaders who know how to make a decision, like this guy
Decisions. That’s all the voters are looking for, really. They know that they are not going to get their way on every single policy decision. So they all want just…
Thirty years ago today
Thirty years ago today, this guy got elected with a massive majority. It was an honor to work for him.
My latest: history now
Do you ever feel like you are living in history? Because you are. Right now. For too many, history is distant, abstract. It’s scribblings in dog-eared high school text books.…
My latest: listen to Josh
KINSELLA COLUMN by Warren Kinsella Josh Gilman is a writer. And the whole world needs to see what he’s written. And, in the past few days, a lot of the…
My latest: obstruction of justice to cover up obstruction of justice
If you’re going to finally confirm that justice was obstructed to hide obstruction of justice, when would you do that? When voters are focussed on a bloody war in the…
My latest: promoting terror should be a crime
It “brings progress.” That’s what a Canadian union leader said, the day after Hamas massacred hundreds of Israeli men, women and children. “Progress.” Three student unions at a major Canadian…
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…