Hypocrisy is Democracy

"When the mothers in Iraq exhibit their natural emotions whilst burying their children, they are described by the media as people of ‘hate’. But what type of emotions could have generated the wanton abuse, torture and unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians in Abu-Ghraib, Umm Qasr, and other US-run prisons?"

Thanksgiving

"The Palestinian refugees who languish in horrific living conditions in the refugee camps of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq still dream of their return to their homes, lands, and orchards."

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Israel Lobby, weak leadership debasing our Middle East policy, says MP...

“[Irwin Cotler] regularly attends any foreign affairs meeting that involves the Middle East, but there’s no need for the justice minister to attend. It’s an unwritten rule that a minister does not interfere in another minister’s portfolio.”

American merry-go-round over Ukrainian elections

"Does the rest of the world see this hypocrisy as clearly as I do? Or is it simply that they have known something for a long time that I have only recently come to realize."

Fan Rage in an Age of Political Apathy

"Sport fans generating violence has a long history. The brawl at the game, between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers, started by a fan tossing a cup of water on a player, is only the latest example. The Establishment doesn’t really give a good hoot about this ugly incident, since it only adds to the effects it seeks to manipulate the citizenry. If the fans get organized, however, and direct their venom at the Establishment, then watch out!"

No Beauty in the Beast

"The event that virtually every member of the Christian West has been anticipating for the last 20 centuries is now at hand..."

A Workable Alternative to Term Limits

"To prevent a complete turnover every four years, terms could be staggered so that half the members of the House are up for re-election every two years."

The Inquisition and European Torture Techniques

"Death by boiling alive, having eyes gouged out (usually the penalty for peeping Toms), the tearing to pieces by having limbs tied to horses that where prompted to run off in different directions were all common punishments in Medieval Europe."

The Arabs of Israel: Citizens without Citizenship

"Despite years of lobbying to address the socio-economic concerns of Arab citizens, the statistics reveal that there is still a huge gap between Jewish and Arab citizens in Israel. 60% of Arab children were below the poverty line in 2003. The income subsidy cuts were disproportionately affecting women, children and the unemployed."

One Nation, Indivisible

"The peace movement which temporarily supported war needs to readjust and not only strive to stop the horror in Iraq, but work for democracy that means more than single issue politics."

Peanuts for Pakistan?

"The puffy magnitude of aid by Washington to its’ cute and cunning aficionado—Israel—is to an extent ‘understandable’—for raison d'être, best known all-around the orb, yet we do not grudge the fiscal help being offered to Egypt, but do feel discomfited—with the provision for Pakistan—explicitly in the face of its contribution in the anti-terror war in Afghanistan."

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Canadian Settler Injustice against First Nations

"Self-government is seen by Indians as necessary to preserve their philosophical uniqueness. … They do not want merely a European-Western model of government that is run by Indians; rather, they want an Indian government that operates in accordance with traditional principles and customs, one that rests on a spiritual base and emphasizes group, not individual, rights."

Our American Thanksgiving

"We cannot continue to live our double standards and expect the world to accept or even understand them. Might does not make right."

Crime against Humanity

"It is absurd to say that Muslim community should demonstrate “Englishness”. They can’t. But they can be and are British."

U.S. Policy Harms Prospects for Middle East Peace

"The United States should not force the two recalcitrant parties to the negotiating table but could encourage peace between them by changing its own policies toward Middle East."

Kashmir: Solution needs more apperceptions

"It is good to see that the heads of both India and Pakistan are making efforts sensibly and cautiously to build friendly relations. However, the newly elected governments both in Pakistan and India are also looking keen to jump into the final phase as quickly as possible."

George W. Bush and Canada

"While Canada did go to Afghanistan, there was little domestic support for going to Iraq except from the rabidly pro-American Conservative Party whose leader Stephen Harper appeared on Fox-TV criticizing Canada's decision not to send troops to the Iraqi war as Australia did, a country of similar size and values to Canada as the thinking goes."

Signals from India?

"...President Musharraf’s talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York, his food for thought options on Kashmir and Indian reaction to his thoughts should leave no doubt in the minds of Pakistani policy-makers that Indians were virtually, merely talking for the sake of talks."

Who’s Next?

"Sharon will do everything he can to destroy Abu-Mazen before this happens. He wrecked the first Abu-Mazen government, two years ago, by withholding anything which might contribute to political progress (blaming, as usual, Arafat). Now he must wreck Abu-Mazen under much more difficult circumstances."

The bonfire of the American morality

"America is a nation fast becoming a coliseum of uniformed minds. The New Speak is spreading. We wave our American Flag with an emotion that is weighed both by love and hate until hate becomes equal and even surpasses what is right."