I have to say, you know, that the idea of plucking tin-pot dictators off busses to have them taken to global justice warms the heart. Careful readers will know that I met many refugees from the Bosnia war in PEI of all places where early relocatations took place. I coached a mens soccer team that …

I sometimes wonder why Canadian news media report on the reporting of things. So often the CBC or major papers go out and find out what person X thinks about or can explain about what happened to person Y. There is a level of abstraction that isn't the case elsewhere. As you likely know, I watch …

Did you know the Russian constitution barred two consecutive presidencies for one person? No wonder the Putinese powers have placed him as Prime Minister. I wonder how long the gap has to be? Can he be el presidento, say, next Tuesday and the week's intermission be enough to satisfy the …

You have to like this guy. He decides he is going after a child killer - and he gets him:  •  “Asked about the fugitive's condition, Mr. Robinson, a trapper and wilderness guide, would only say: "He's a hurting unit." Friends have said Mr. Robinson took it upon himself to go out looking for Mr …

You realize, don't you, that the decade that was brought in with Y2K and all the other millennial whoo-haa is now 80% gone. It doesn't even have a name and it's already a senior citizen. Time is flying. Heck, my holiday week off is almost gone. So we better do some prognostications for 2008 before …

It would be nice to figure this out sometime before, you know, the next war starts as I am sure I heard on NPR not to mention at Jay's that we are dealing with Pakistan's rogue elements and not Iran. Geography does not favour MacKay, either, given the border of concern is nearer one between Afghan …

While I am hardly an adherent to the "Hitler was a socialist" numbskullery that pretends there was never a right-wing dictatorship...or at least one you couldn't love, goings on in Venezuela are troubling - especially in how it is characterizing itself:  •  “But this is an upheaval that would be …

Rejoice! The war is won!  •  You may have noticed that there has been spam recently. The move to Recapture has apparently attracted a band of manual spammers who focus on sites who use it. Spiteful bitter Romanians for the most part. Anyway, this site's admin also allows me to customize the spam …

You know like integrity, credibility? Is it possible that this is the last gasp of a now dead institution that not too long ago was touted as a pillar of the national community?  •  “A CBC spokesman said the network is simply doing its "due diligence" in holding Beyond The Red Wall: The Story of …