Category Archives: Terrorism

Booted and spurred

Is it not curious that Barack Obama, like Bill Clinton, should have a series of cabinet appointees in trouble over laws they didn’t bother to obey? It seems paradoxical that those most eager to make rules for other people should … Continue reading

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Now that you’ve solemnly sworn

Good luck to President Barack Obama. He will need it, not only because of the enormous challenges of the office he assumes today but also because of the highly unrealistic expectations of many of his supporters.

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Have blog will travel

For the first time ever a blogger will be embedded with Canadian forces in Afghanistan. It’s Damian Brooks of “The Torch” and if you’d like to offer him encouragement, especially of the pecuniary sort, I know it would be appreciated.

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BBC+

The BBC’s story on Gaza today again invites readers to submit tales of suffering but, credit where credit is due, doesn’t only ask residents of Gaza as it did on Dec. 27. Instead this time says:
Are you or your friends … Continue reading

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Whereas Hamas…

So now the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee wants to boycott Israel… again. According to CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan, “In response to an appeal from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and … Continue reading

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