Archive for March, 2008

The Globe and Mail is running a series of video interviews of Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. It is an extraordinary and rare opportunity to see first-hand what these fighters have to say for themselves and how they view their conflict and the rest of the world. One cannot help but take away the impression that [...]

The New York Times is breathlessly covering the latest mysterious disappearance in the animal kingdom with an article entitled “Bats Perish and No One Knows Why.” Regular readers of the Times will have also noted that just two weeks ago, the Chinook Salmon Disappear[ed] Without a Trace as well. And of course, everyone knows about [...]

I have allowed HOPE to overtake cynicism during this election, and to continue to honor that possibility, I ask the following of myself and those who believe we can make real change: I will not feel powerless over the problems of our time that seem too big to change I will not dismiss people because [...]

This isn’t really about race. But in the week following Barack Obama’s landmark speech on race in America, in which he challenged us to face the issue head-on and have a more complicated discussion than we are used to having, it’s only right to run right into the fire. I started thinking about the casual [...]

It is Easter Sunday, and I am taking the opportunity to participate in the Blog Against Theocracy “blogswarm,” and draw attention to the perils of religion in our public life. There are so many troubling things that have come about as a result of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright story dominating the news, it is difficult [...]





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