Using Harry Potter to argue against boycotting Israel is fatuous
How would Harry Potter respond to the Israel-Palestine conflict? What would Spock say about the rational markets hypothesis? This isn't just a wacky thought...
Columbus' journey key to understanding today's America. That's not good.
For most Americans, Columbus Day is little more than a day off and a chance to get some final sunshine before winter. For the...
Hiroshima taught Americans how to justify attacks abroad
On May 27, Barack Obama will become the first sitting American president to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the site of the world's first...
U.S. oil, gas industry sheds 100,000 jobs in slump
The number of people employed in oil and gas extraction and support activities across the United States has fallen by around 100,000 since October...
The West is losing the battle for the heart of Europe
A little over a quarter of a century ago, Europe celebrated the healing of the schism that Communism enforced on it since World War...
ISIS may be down, but it's far from out
Many experts are now speculating that Islamic State is experiencing its death knell.
It is losing territory, its finances are being drained and the number...
What made Vladimir Putin's 'call' to Elton John so believable
Vladimir Putin did not call Elton John and suggested they meet to discuss LGBT rights in Russia, but a lot of people believed that...
On Canada's election trail tales of bathrobes, hairstyles, mugs and pants
One candidate had to drop out after video footage emerged showing him peeing in a cup, another hid in bushes in camouflage to catch...
Space mining race heats up, but whose asteroid is it anyway?
Space mining, extracting resources from near-earth asteroids, is "not science fiction any more".
With these words, spoken by Jean-Jacques Dordain, the former director general of...
El Nino 101: What everyone needs to know
If you have never heard the term "El Nino", you might have been living under a rock.
The common informed person is probably somewhat aware...
