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Guantanamo Forever? Looks That Way!
The Congress that was so fearful, that trying accused terrorists in civilian courts would hasten Armageddon, is now proposing to go one mindless step further. It may soon vote to…
Prism Releases its Content Under a Flexible Creative Commons License
I would like to announce that Prism has embraced the republishing-friendly model of licensing its content (text and video) under a Creative Commons Non Commercial License. Publishers and blog owners…
Bahrain: Report Confirms Widespread Abuse and Discrimination
With conflict wracking larger and more influential countries like Egypt and Syria, last week’s developments in Bahrain might well get pushed to the bottom of the world’s news budget or…
Book Review: ‘With Liberty and Justice for Some’ by Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald, a former civil rights litigator and now a prolific political and legal writer, has penned his book at a time when here in Canada the Harper Conservative government…
Are Western Democracies Turning into Police States?
Posing the above question might surprise us Westerners as we had never imagined that our countries would one day go back to the dark ages. No one of course has a…
After Athens….. Rome?!
During the last few months, the world never stopped talking about the fate of Greece. All eyes were fixated on this relativity small European country as if it holds the magical secret that…
CSIS Watchdog Misbehaves, Government Shrugs
On November 9, the Chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), Dr Arthur Porter, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper concerning allegations published in the National Post…
The Occupy Movement Must Propose Realistic Solutions
Whenever I can, I try to watch David Brooks and Mark Shields in their weekly conversations with Newshour host Jim Lehrer (see video below). The reason is that this is…
150 Rendition Flights Transited Through Finland
It is increasingly obvious that it may be years until the world learns the full scope of countries tainted by the US extraordinary rendition program. Recently, Amnesty International has been…
US Congress: Very Busy Doing Nothing
While the US Congress is busy doing nothing, the nothing they’re not doing contains stuff that’s really important. Yes, even more important than naming middle schools and post offices (which…
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