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 a disproportionate ...

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

... of the issues that have divided Muslims and the west, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, America's use of torture tactics, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Iran's nuclear weapons program. ...

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

... remain in perpetual war or a compromise must be reached. The compromise is one state for all, an “Isratine” that would allow the people in each party to feel that they live in all of the disputed land ...

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)

... talks at the Middle East summit are a distant memory, we are no longer facing this situation. We're now back to the violence part of this vicious cycle, with a bloody war being waged in Gaza. A war with ...