Divided
The war in the Middle East will end. But I no longer think that the divisions seen everywhere will end anytime soon. They feel permanent.
Musings
Decency beats hate
On our side of the street: PEC folks from all faiths and all walks of life, there to demand the release of hostages, and an end to the terror of…
Whatever you love in this life
I love this more.
My latest: words that kill
Genocide. Apartheid. Occupation. Settler-colonialism. Those are words we are all hearing a lot, lately. They get thrown around like confetti. After October 7, when 1,200 men, women, children and babies…
My latest: the ghost of Bill Blair
NEW YORK – Bill Blair haunts us still. He’s not dead or anything. In fact, he’s still the Minister of National Defence. He’s alive. But his legacy as Toronto’s…
My latest: Toronto’s police farce
NEW YORK – This is a tale of two police forces. One police force knows how to deal swiftly and effectively with pro-Hamas thugs breaking the law. The other is…
My latest: the global campaign of Jew hatred
It started on October 8. Literally, the day after. Think about that: a slick, global, and professional-looking propaganda campaign – one that would promote violent anti-Semitism, and deny the horrors…
指圧
I’m big believer in true Japanese shiatsu, wherein the practitioner should make it hurt. Afterwards, I always ask what they found. “Anger,” said the expert. Thought about that. Since October…
My latest: RIP, Mr. Mulroney
The biggest achievements in politics – the only achievements, really – are the ones involving risk. As in, taking a risk. Making a decision, making a statement, making a law…
Brian Mulroney
…has passed away. My deepest condolences to his family.
New one. PEC horse.
For sale. (The painting. Not the horse.)
My latest: the next battlefield is closer than you think
It’s the next front in the war. There’s been no ceasefire reached yet. Fighting is still going on, in and around Southern Gaza. Rockets and bullets are still being fired…
Definition
To be a Zionist is to believe in the right of indigenous peoples to a homeland.
New home
One of my latest has found a home – in BC!
My latest: the online road to Hell
“Free speech,” says Salman Rushdie, “is the whole thing, the whole ball game.” “Free speech,” he says, “is life itself.” That feels like a bit of an overstatement. But in…