Political Ramblings

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas (for those so inclined)! Posting has been slow of late. I have spent Christmas with the family and for th...

That is the price country pays for having failed states as neighbors. As the pressure became too great on the LRA in Uganda, they fled to So...

Tradition is the living faith of the dead, Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. -Jaroslav Pelikan Via Jeremiah Jenne

Go see Razib's post on some funny investing books and their raving reviews. Among them: "Dow 30,000 by 2008" Why It's Dif...

Iraq’s interior minister said all 24 of his officers who had been arrested in a security crackdown this week would be released. And in a bol...

There is a fascinating article in the NY Times that describes the increasing power of youths in Darfur's camp. What I found interesting...

It's being spun as a thwarted coup on Maliki but I don't buy it. It looks more like Maliki is trying to strengthen his control of th...

He might have been old, but he sure as hell was not cranky. DAKAR (Reuters) - A 70-year-old man opened fire with his hunting rifle on a...

There has been clashes in the oil-rich Southern Sudanese town of Abyei between Sudanese government soldiers (who were violating ceasefire a...

You have to admit the man is good at dodging shoes. On an unrelated subject, normal posting will resume in a few days when the final exams p...

I think this is where the prospects for liberal/realist synthesis really come into view. At its best, realism isn’t just cynicism, it’s a re...

Charest won a majority government tonight with a few seats more than the 63 he needed. Parti Québécois did much better than expected with ar...

There was some semblance of law and order in 2006, when the Islamic Courts Union, loosely linked with Al Qaeda, took over much of the countr...

An innocent Palestinian family, numbering close to 20 people. All of them women and children, save for three men. Surrounding them are a few...

Sometimes, it is better not to say anything at all. The insurgents were invisible, hidden behind the thick mud walls of the compounds, their...

With three days left before the election, this new CROP-La Presse poll has some very good news for Jean Charest. Results: PLQ (Jean Charest...

This is finals period so I do not have as much time as I would like to write, so I'll quote. Here is Jeff Jedras summing up my opinion ...

According to Radio-Canada, all the hints seem to indicate that Harper got what he wanted. He has been talking with Michaelle Jean for more t...

Harper has attempted to demonize the Bloc Québécois following the formation of the LPC/NPD/BQ coalition. I never voted for BQ or Parti Québé...

So here’s what I’m wondering: will it, in fact, even be possible to pull the economy out of its nosedive before unemployment goes into doubl...