Month: May 2005

In all the stories flying around about desecration of the Qu’ran and identity politics, there seems to be a general acceptance of the White House line that there’s reason to believe the Newsweek story caused riots in...

What are You Prepared to Do? Iraq’s a mess, we all know it.  The Downing Street documents (not just the minutes from Blair’s July 2002 meeting — see the transcript of the BBC show here which details all...

I am shocked. Shocked and outraged actually that no one is discussing this! No, not outraged, annoyed? Perturbed? Apathetic? Oh I dunno, but listen up! The Canadian government has hung on in a 152 – 152 tie vote which was...

There is an issue, a topic, that has been lurking around the back of my mind. It keeps cropping up in different contexts, and it’s paralyzing. Every time I try to articulate it, I find that I can’t whittle it down...

I wasn’t going to do a diary on this subject today, but after reading the Baghram report today I thought it is just the perfect time.   Yes I am feeling hopeful today, things are a changin and I can feel it,...