1. Soldiers of Expression: Hate Speech, Censorship, and Journalism Ethics
(News/Opinion)

... right-of-centre political views in a predominantly left-wing university. My first post was on the war in Gaza and the problems I had with students and pundits who claimed that Israel was using ...

2. Obama attempts to build support in the Islamic world with a speech in Cairo
(Blog/World)

... controls the Gaza Strip and is unlikely to live in peace with either Israel or Fatah. More importantly, Obama will eventually have to deal with the situation in Iran. The Iranian president has called ...

3. Obama tries to pressure Netanyahu into adopting a two-state solution: is it viable?
(Blog/World)

... making the personal and communal life of Palestinian Arabs unbearable. Remember what happened in Gaza after Israel vacated it: the wanton destruction of the hot houses Israel left behind to enable the ...

4. As the conflict in Pakistan heats up, it’s time to extend Canada's mission in Afghanistan
(Blog/World)

... to continue any longer. A few months ago, I wrote about the possibility of a historic alignment between the Liberals and Conservatives on foreign policy issues, as it related to the war in Gaza: Canadians ...

5. Goodbye cruel world
(Blog/Politics)

... for years to come The just war My next post dealt with the Canadian government's response to the war in Gaza. I had two primary reasons for touching on this subject. First, the war was dominating ...

6. Can't we all just get along?
(Blog/Politics)

... Ignatieff's stance on the war in Gaza, an issue that has been polarizing for Canadians, but seems to have united Canada's two main political parties. "Canada has to support the right of a democratic ...

7. It's lonely on the right
(Blog/World)

... pretty obvious to me. With Canada's parliament prorogued and Obama waiting in the wings to take power in the US on 20 January, the headlines have been dominated by the war in Gaza. I remarked that media ...

8. The Kobayashi Maru
(Blog/World)

... for many years and all of them have failed. I am not so naive as to believe that I can come up with a workable solution to such a complex problem. As the fighting continues in Gaza, the situation in the ...