Vladmir Putin with a target in his sights... It was Kiev, argues columnist Brian Giesbrecht, and that was a massive mistake,WS file photo Putin, Biden and Ukraine... A tale of two egos. How much is history the work of particular people, and how much just...
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Big Topics & Big Ideas
The sudden uprising of university students across North America in support of Hamas and allegedly about the welfare of Palestinians does not result, for most students, from close ties with people on the other side of the world. Of course, there is in North America a...
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Israelis and Palestinians want contrary things. Pretending that their wants are reconcilable does not help; it obfuscates reality. Imposing policies not based on reality guarantees failure. Jewish Israelis want to live in a secure and prosperous society in their...
Israel pulled all but one of their brigades out of the southern Rafah portion of Gaza in the early hours of Sunday, April 7, 2024. This is a very significant development, and gives rise to many questions. What it means for the release of the hostages should be the...
Canada was thoroughly embarrassed last fall when a former Nazi was applauded in Parliament. So why are Liberals now shaking hands with a notorious Holocaust denier? Or openly praising a Hamas zealot who joked about baking a Jewish baby with baking powder, as MP...
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Big Topics & Big Ideas
Brownstone Institute
Big Topics & Big Ideas
If Israelis expected the world to be horrified at the atrocities committed by Hamas and by Gazan civilians against Israeli citizens, they were quickly disabused of such a hope. Shockingly, celebrations of the Hamas attacks were widespread, followed by justifications...
Most of what you have been told about the Palestine-Israel conflict is at best misleading, and much of the rest has no basis in fact. One common false claim involves the cause of the conflict. The underlying source of the conflict is not territory, human rights, or...