To complain or not to complain?

A car struck two men and killed one and maimed the other. the maimed one sat up and started filling the sky cursing the driver to Allah and begging retribution and finally the driver was unnerved and pleaded “i just maimed you a little and you’re sitting there cursing me, […]

Iraq is neither sovereign nor stable

by Michael Jansen It is hardly surprising that the pullout of the last US combat troops in Iraq coincided with the collapse of the fragile “unity” deal between Shiite and Sunni politicians. The Shiite fundamentalist and Sunni/secular camps have been engaged in a bitter power struggle ever since the 2010 […]

We must stop this culture of gender violence

Courtesy: Straight.com November 29, 2011 Catherine Murray and Jen Marchbank Remember Canada’s fallen women next Tuesday. Despite our peaceable self image, Canada has been home to femicide, appalling massacres, and serial killers. December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. But unlike […]