Musings
My latest: the four horsemen ride again
The horsemen of the apocalypse: everyone has their own. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament, there are four. The horsemen aren’t explicitly named, but they are believed…
SFH tides again!
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#TBT: 40+ years of politics
#TBT: when I ran for student association president at Carleton, 1983. (Our slate won. In a landslide.)
Happy birthday
February 15, 1932. Miss you so.
My latest: lots of laws. No guts.
This week, a mob attacked a hospital. Not because they support Palestine. They did it because they hate Jews. Mount Sinai Hospital, on University Avenue in Toronto, isn’t “Jewish,” of…
Who will lead us?
Vandalism, blocking public roads, and acts of intimidation are all criminal offences. Wearing a mask while doing any of those things is another criminal offence. There is no shortage of…
My latest: why Israel will win the war
The late, great Sunday Times writer Marie Colvin said it best: war correspondents send back the first draft of history. Colvin was assassinated by the Syrian regime in 2012. She,…
KINSELLACAST 298: SFH return – plus Kheiriddin, Belanger, Adler on Canadian, Israeli and US politics
My latest: memo to Biden campaign
By now, all of you have received the pre-release report of Robert K. Hur, the Special Counsel who was appointed by the United States Attorney General to investigate how classified…
What I’m noticing
Noticing that there are fewer stories about Israel’s just and proper war against Hamas. Factors: • war fatigue • Israel has won it • the majority are happy Israel won…
My latest: Belleville’s problem is everyone’s problem
BELLEVILLE – Brian Orford is a Belleville native, age 44. He looks a lot older than that. He looks profoundly sad, like he’s seen it all. He probably has. Brian…
Stay and fight it – together
I know Joe and respect him a great deal. My heart sank when I read, midway, that he and his family might leave Canada because of rampant anti-Semitism. He gave…
My latest: the cancellers
Cancelled: there’s much talk about cancel culture, since October 7. It’s everywhere. So, too, one of the oldest anti-Semitic tropes – which is that Jews control Hollywood and the media.…
The worst photo op in history
Fascinating debate between Jewish and Palestinian historians in the new New York Times magazine. The only point they really agreed on was that the Holocaust accelerated the migration of surviving…