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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 6 months ago
Brian Cohen: âWelcome again to Pet Politicians. Weâre on location in Ottawa at Bânai Brithâs Jason Kennels, where political pets are trained in obedience and attack under the strictest, most professiona […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 6 months ago
Last week, a U.S. military court sentenced Canadian citizen and former child combatant Omar Khadr to 40 years behind bars for killing a U.S. soldier. Upon hearing the verdict, Khadrâs lawyer Dennis Edney ut […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 6 months ago
The concept of self-parody is clearly lost on Vancouver Sun Managing Editor Kirk LaPointe. I called him recently to find out what thinking lay behind the decision to run eight (!) feature stories on Justin Bieber […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 6 months ago
Newspaper redesigns often have an air of financial desperation about them. Cajoling readers with different fonts, layout or paper size does little but add a transient sense of novelty that dissipates quickly. The […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 7 months ago
(Lance Boyle turns from facing the camera to Miriam Kale. They are sitting in high-backed upholstered chairs across a black coffee table. All around are enlarged stills and posters of the new Hawaii Five-O.) […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 8 months ago
The greatest effects of the Cast Lead massacre and the murders aboard the aid ship Mavi Marmara have been the confirmation of Israel as a criminal state, and the outpouring of overwhelming support for […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 8 months ago
The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, so Muslims should expect to receive the same protection afforded Jews or Christians. In fact, George Washington made a point of recognizing the need to […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 8 months ago
If the sign of a healthy, living organism is its ability to develop and mature in harmony with its surroundings, then Israel must be declared dead, or at least terminally moribund.Its politicians, generals and […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 9 months ago
(SCENE I: Jack Layton, leader of the federal New Democratic Party, is alone in his Ottawa office working late on a Parliamentary speech, when he suddenly stops, pen in hand, and stares blankly at the clutter of […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 10 months ago
On July 1 we were supposed to commemorate, what exactly? Oh yeah, the founding of Canada as a self-governing dominion, but youâd never know it by the name “Canada Day.” The event in question, as every Ca […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 13 years, 11 months ago
Earlier this month, a number of European leaders bailed on Vâ”E Day celebrations in Moscow to attend to an economic crisis on the home front. Greece, as we all know, is bankrupt, and its government bonds are s […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 1 month ago
Brian Cohen: âGood evening, and welcome to Face of the Nation. Our subject tonight: freedom of expression and criticism of Israel. Every Canadian knows that freedom of expression is guaranteed un […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 2 months ago
Like the vast majority of Canadians, I watched and enjoyed the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Despite the crassness of the âown the podiumâ campaign, I love the fact that Canadians won a record 14 gold medal […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 3 months ago
“Good evening, and welcome to WTFNâs inaugural Oscar preview show. Iâm your host Lance Boyle coming to you from Los Angeles. The ceremony may still be weeks away but thereâs a lot to talk abo […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 3 months ago
Making New Yearâs Resolutions is a ritual that Iâve never had much use for because the first of January is no more significant than the first day of any other month. Indulging the myth that a new year porte […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 4 months ago
One particular event cast a sickening pall over the entire year, and in doing so reminded us that our world became ever more violent and perverse in 2009. Although this event itself ended in January, its fallout […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 6 months ago
As we saw last time, the well-orchestrated campaign to ârebrandâ Israel at the Toronto International Film Festival backfired. Not only did it attract the sort of negative publicity Israelâs propagan […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 7 months ago
If you have ever visited a blog or on-line discussion group on the Middle East you have doubtless had the misfortune to run into them.
They are known by the language they use: depraved sexual insults, bile, […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 8 months ago
(Judith, a university student in her early-20s picks up the TV remote and sits down on her living room sofa. The TV comes on, and she calls to her mother.) âHey mom, what channel is that reality show of yo […]
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Greg Felton wrote a new post 14 years, 8 months ago
Some 65 million years ago, as we all know, a huge asteroid ploughed into the Earth, changing life forever. The space rock hit with such force and generated such intense heat that it liquefied carbon deep within […]
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