think, feel, act…
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Israel has much for which to answer. And it has some gruesomely dark patches in its history (Chatilla and Sabra tweak a memory?). But it cannot be denounced for acting without restraint in this most recent action. Nor is it reasonable to try put “proportional response” in any scales that tip against Israel’s strikes into Gaza.Friday, October 24, 2008
Residents of a small Mexican town called Rafael Lara Grajales, showed the world the best of Mexican courage when confronted with the fate of strangers at the hands of organized kidnappers.
According to the Amnesty International report, the residents became involved when they witnessed a large group of people escaping from a gang. Some of [...]
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Shimon Peres
President of the State of Israel
The Office of the President
3 Hanassi Street
Jerusalem 92188, Israel
Dear Mr. President:
I am a Canadian citizen living on the dryland prairies of Saskatchewan. In Canada, Saskatchewan is known as the “birthplace of Medicare” as it was in this province that universal access to necessary medical treatment was first legislated and [...]
Sunday, October 19, 2008
The Liberal Party of Canada was known for generations as the “natural governing party.” It won the vast majority of elections and occupied government to the point of dominating Canadian political history.
What is missing in the postmortems of the recent electoral defeat of the Liberal Party is any evidence of understanding that history. The Liberal [...]
Friday, October 10, 2008
Commentary by Glenn Caleval
Below you will find an Urgent Appeal from Amnesty International seeking assistance in the forcible detention of a family. The proper terms to use in describing this disgraceful episode are “kidnapping” and “hostages.”
The nub of the story is that Syrian government kidnapped a family, mother and five children, and trafficked them to [...]
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
At the outset of the U.S. election I wrote that the United States and the world could rest content with either candidate’s victory in November. I believed that McCain was a man of sense, duty and integrity and I was particularly impressed with his willingness to stand on a stage with fellow primary contenders and [...]
