Tag Archives: Afghanistan

A Matter of Justice?

July 8, 2017 · by · in Politics, Society, World Affairs · 1 Comment

I had a post planned for today. I was just checking the spelling when the rumour became reality: The Government of Canada has apologized to Omar Khadr and is handing him a cheque for $10,500,000 for his suffering. I think it is fair to describe this as a cowardly act on the part of the […]

Northern Birthers

September 24, 2016 · by · in Leadership, Politics, World Affairs · Leave a comment

The birther political scandal broke out in Canada this week. Of course we had to give it our own unique twist, so as not to be accused of copying the United States. Down south there have been persistent rumours that President Barack Obama was not born in the US, which would disqualify him from becoming […]

The Costs of War

February 10, 2015 · by · in Travel, World Affairs · 2 Comments

When we toured the First World War battlefields in the Ypres area of Belgium last summer, the enormity of the human toll was apparent. The numbers are staggering. Daily casualty figures were measured in hundreds or thousands as more than a half a million men died in combat on Flanders fields in four years of […]

Solving The Middle East Crisis II

October 15, 2014 · by · in Politics, World Affairs · Leave a comment

Neil Remington Abramson is filling in for me today with some more thoughts on the Middle East: Truthfully, we must choose who we are and will be, but we generally equivocate. Heartless bastards or followers of Christ – perhaps we should choose and become more effective in what we do. Or perhaps it is a […]

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