http://blog.caleval.com think, feel, act... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:32:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.caleval.com/200901/israel-has-been-restrained.html The choice of former expatriate Ignatief to lead the Liberal Party of Canada, at least until the party's spring convention is a worthy Christmas gift to a country on the brink of losing one of its greatest and longest-lived institutions, the Liberal Party itself. While I have not been a member ... http://blog.caleval.com/200812/ignatief-right-choice-for-liberals.html I have remained non-partisan since about 1993. My political baggage includes being an active member of the Liberal Party and later the Conservatives. I have financially supported candidates for the NDP. Ultimately none of the parties is a good fit for my eclectic political outlook. My policy choices tend to be ... http://blog.caleval.com/200811/the-mess-in-ottawa.html 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 ... http://blog.caleval.com/200810/mexican-town-shows-heroism-now-under-threat.html 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 ... http://blog.caleval.com/200810/letter-to-peres-save-these-kids.html 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 ... http://blog.caleval.com/200810/canadian-election-analysis.html 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 ... http://blog.caleval.com/200810/iran-takes-family-hostage-to-compel-father-syria-plays-kidnapper.html 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 ... http://blog.caleval.com/200810/mccain-determined-to-exceed-bush-crown.html Various news sources feeding the Wired Web Press Network have been reporting on the $25 / barrel jump in oil prices September 22nd.Considering a few days ago the price was under $100 / per barrel and on the 22nd they reach $130 / barrel, the point should be strikingly, indisputably ... http://blog.caleval.com/200809/on-the-contrary-wheres-the-25-decline-in-oil-supplies.html I've been hearing a lot about the study reported in CBC's Urban real estate values set to plunge, UBC expert forecasts. A couple of anxious friends who had purchased homes over the past twelve months are quite concerned because, although they bought in Saskatoon, the tone and tenor of the story ... http://blog.caleval.com/200809/housing-price-not-about-to-plunge-everywhere.html