Sonia Sotomayor: a breath of fresh air
For everyone who's lamented that Obama is turning out to be just like George W. Bush, I present you with Exhibit A for the defense: Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor is 54, from the Bronx, Puerto...
Category: Current Affairs
Thunder Bay & lessons not learned from residential schools
Canada's now defunct residential school system will go down in history as one of our grossest violations of human rights and dignity. On July 11, 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a public...
The Irish Catholic Church and child abuse: It’s not about “bad apples”
It is public knowledge that the Catholic Church ruled the roost in Ireland. The Church's education system was harsh and children in school were beaten. The allegations of child sexual abuse were...
Obama meets and greets Netanyahu
...And? So? Or as they say here, nu? Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S.A. President Barack Obama have met. Pleasantries were exchanged, both said the other was a swell guy,...
Jon & Kate Plus 8, plus a scandal
The Gosselins are the stars of the highest rated show on TLC - "John & Kate Plus 8." America is simply fascinated with how a family of eight manages everyday activities that we take for granted....
The Pope and the meaningless apology
Canada has a history of racism and violence against its Indigenous peoples. In the name of conquest, the Canadian government, aided by the Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and United Church, forced...
Izvestia claims the U.S. planned attack against Iran
Three months ago, an authoritative Russian daily, Izvestia, began a series on an issue that, at first glance, looks like tabloid fodder. Of course, Izvestia is no tabloid, and this is no ordinary...
Re-thinking the Crisis: An Interview with Dr. Susan Feiner
Susan Feiner, PhD is a professor of economics and director of the Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine. In addition to her academic work, she writes for Dollars & Sense,...
Unity, faith, discipline, terror and the Manawan Police Training School
Rahman Malik, the Prime Minister's Advisor on the Interior, calls on the nation of Pakistan to party like it's 1965. Which is to say - unite, be nationalistic, perceive an external threat to the...
Women, Action & the Media: all women matter?
The Annual WAM conference runs from March 27-29. Its stated goals are as follows: “The goal of WAM! is to bring together everyone who has a stake in achieving gender justice in media, in order to...