Monday, February 23rd, 2009
“Iran’s Jewish community lives in relative tranquility…”
Roger Cohen, a usually conservative-minded columnist for The New York Times, is often the most unusually open-minded writer when it comes to looking at the world around us.
It’s one of the things that I like most about The Times – it is home to such a wide variety of intelligent observation and informed opinion. It’s a comforting place to go in the morning with cup of coffee and an inquiring mind. (more…)
Posted in Current Affairs, Mainstream Media, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, United States, War on Terror, World Peace | No Comments »
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Obama is Wrong on this one:
Wrong as an American.
Wrong as President.
Wrong as a human being
(more…)
Posted in Canada in Afghanistan, Canafanabama, Current Affairs, Religion, United Nations, United States, War on Terror | 8 Comments »
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Sayed Pervez Kambaksh is an Afghan journalism student.
He distributed a report to fellow students and teachers at Balkh
University with the aim, he said, of provoking a debate on a matter.
A complaint was made against him and he was arrested, tried by
religious judges without being allowed legal representation and
sentenced to death.
Kambaksh was sentenced to death by an Afghan court, under the jurisdiction of NATO’s ally Hamid Karzai.
His crime: “blasphemy”. (more…)
Posted in Canada in Afghanistan, Canadian Politics and Politicians, Current Affairs, United Nations, United States, War on Terror | 3 Comments »
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
More from the sunny Gulf…. (more…)
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
I don’t usually write about local provincial issues unless I get really upset. So something has really upset me and I, as a citizen of Canada and Ontario am trying to do something about it. (more…)
Posted in Canadian Politics and Politicians | 6 Comments »
