Monthly Archives: June 2010

Mattie Stepanek was Just a Little Boy. But We Adults Ought to Pay Attention.

He was an ordinary child who, from the moment he became aware, faced a life-threatening health situation. Continue reading

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Afghanistan: Is It Really Vietnam Redux? And – Will They Kill Hamid Karzai?

Soldiers have families and they’ed rather be at home fighting the oil catastrophe than waiting for a roadside bomb to blow them up. Afghanistan just isn’t worth it. Continue reading

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Kingston Calls on Harper to Keep Prison Farms Open

“This government is clearly out of touch with the majority of Canadians,” (Kingston City Councillor – Rob Matheson, who sponsored the June 15 motion.) This issue is not about politics, it’s about common sense, logic, rationality and human decency, all … Continue reading

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The Incomprehensible Conundrum of Stephen Harper's Mideast Policy

“Canada’s relations with the Arab/Muslim world are second in importance and difficulty only to its relationship with the United States. The one serious threat to Canadian citizens now stems from the mounting anger of Arabs and other Muslims, fomented largely … Continue reading

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An Open letter from here to Bob Rae, Jack Layton, Stephen Harper and Gilles Duceppe

Yitzakh Rabin has written about those tens of thousands of unarmed and utterly innocent civilians who were driven from their homes and land, which were also never returned. Continue reading

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