Why attack Big Mac?
Liberal democracies almost never fight each other. They’d rather have the good things.
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The everyday feel of death In Uganda
We’re in what’s called the Pearl of Africa, where red-dirt roads cross rolling, green countryside; where elephants get the right-of-way when on safari, and, even in the capital, wild monkeys might run across your tin roof and wake you in the morning.
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Learning Arabic 101
Iraq. Can it be saved? Six months after its liberation, Iraqis are still short on power, electrical and otherwise. The Yanks are still being greeted with grenades as much as with flowers and hugs. And how did those weapons of mass destruction disappear?
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Ugandans willing to face their problems
This country is one of contrasts. Red-dirt roads cross lush- green landscapes. People familiar with war smile easily and greet you genuinely. Beauty meets ugliness, plenty meets want, and life meets death here. Uganda may be, as Winston Churchill said, the Pearl of Africa. But, if so, it’s a tarnished jewel.
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Muslims urged to question beliefs
Irshad Manji doesn’t come across as your typical religious reformer. With stylish glasses and punkish hair, this pint-sized woman is better known as a TVO journalist and gay rights activist than a Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses on Wittenburg’s church door.
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Somewhere between Hamilton and Sana’a
Today, Jean and I, with our bright-eyed bambino, Elizabeth, are on a jet plane flying back to Yemen. Our condo in Ancaster is again a speck that has disappeared over the horizon.
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Doctors Without Borders MD speaks on ethics
You don’t need to be a flaming, bleeding-heart liberal or a limp- wristed lefty to see that it’s a man’s world when it comes to some basic privileges in life.
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Being in the dark may help us see the light
Among the more interesting reactions over this summer’s so-called great blackout came via the car radio when my wife and I were driving in the Muskokas, learning how the outside world was faring in the darkness.
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