Nudging an Iceberg – the Reform of Islam
The Jihadist War (for what else should we call this overlapping series of encounters and crises?) stems from one single …
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Games Jihadists Play
Watching the Anarchists hurl themselves across the police barrier at the 1988 G-7 Summit in Toronto was an education in …
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War and Homicide
“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.” — William …
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What Do We Need Really Fear?
The Canadian comedy troupe “The Kids in the Hall” has long broken up and gone their separate ways, but they …
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Principle and Intellect
Evidently, like many people in the world – if not the United States – I am not a big fan …
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On Canada’s New Peacekeeping Brigade
We normally refrain from offering direct advice to Ministers of the Crown – or indeed to any politician – unless …
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Policy vs Punishment
Human relations and the fundamentals of conflict are really not that complicated – despite the modern need for “policy” and …
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A Dissenting Opinion
Derek Nelson has outlined (probably most accurately) where Saudi Arabia will go in the current Jihadist War. It shall tighten …
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The Return of Ideological Warfare
If the 20th Century had a consistent theme running through it’s history, it would be one of ideological conflict between …
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On Being Lucky
There is an aphorism that is frightening, for all that it is true: For the US Secret Service, a would-be …