The deep-rooted history behind the Artsakh-Karabakh conflict and the Armenian Genocide While there is no internationally agreed-upon definition of the term ethnic cleansing, a United Nations commission has described it as “a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or…
The Trudeau government’s blunder underscores the importance of robust historical education OUR VIEW: Few chapters in the annals of history are as dark and unsettling as that of the Nazis, who spread hate and racism and orchestrated a mass genocide that took millions of lives. It’s jarring, then, to learn that Canada’s Parliament has found…
As Canada’s Washington ambassador, Allan Gotlieb, put it: “Trudeau believes the Soviets can do no wrong” September 1 marks the 40th anniversary of a Soviet fighter jet shooting down Korean Air Lines (KAL) Flight 007, killing all 269 people on board. The plane – a Boeing 747 – had left New York City’s Kennedy International…
Rewriting history: How Sir Matthew Begbie, who stood up for native rights, went from revered to reviled In March 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for another in the apparently endless list of wrongs perpetrated by previous governments of Canada. This time the aggrieved party was the Tsilhqot’in Nation of British Columbia; their grievance was…
The Lincoln come-from-behind victory to become the Republican Presidential candidate highlights the unpredictable nature of U.S. politics It’s not a big secret that the eyes of the world often turn to U.S. politics. America is currently embroiled in two major controversies. The trials and tribulations of former President Donald Trump with allegations of 2020 election interference…
Was Thomas Becket, perhaps subconsciously, simply in search of sainthood and martyrdom? An extraordinary event happened on July 12, 1174. Henry II, king of England, submitted to a penitential flogging at Thomas Becket’s Canterbury Cathedral tomb. Administered by the Canterbury monks, the punishment was in response to Henry’s role in Becket’s murder less than four…
Unlikely Insider documents Jack Austin’s conviction that even a single individual can bring about substantial change All Canadians are free to run for office and become part of the bodies that govern us. Most of us choose not to do so. Becoming a candidate takes time, work, organization and money. All of these, usually along…
A striking parallel can be drawn between the Prigozhin rebellion and Caesar’s historic crossing of the Rubicon On June 24, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company (PMC), came close to marching several thousand of his brutish, battle-hardened mercenaries into Moscow, a city defended by Rosgvardia militiamen and police officers. It is…
While adored as ‘one of us’ during his 1963 visit to Ireland, Kennedy had, by that time, become a global figure U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s June 1963 visit to Ireland wasn’t his first time in the country. He’d been there twice before, once in 1945 and again two years later. But this was different.…
What if Germany had won the First World War? How would the world look today? In asking the question of who was to blame for the First World War, my last column also touched on what might have happened if Britain had chosen to step aside from the conflict. Bottom line, Germany would almost certainly…
The deep-rooted history behind the Artsakh-Karabakh conflict and the Armenian Genocide While there is no internationally agreed-upon definition of the term ethnic cleansing, a United Nations commission has described it as “a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or…
The Trudeau government’s blunder underscores the importance of robust historical education OUR VIEW: Few chapters in the annals of history are as dark and unsettling as that of the Nazis, who spread hate and racism and orchestrated a mass genocide that took millions of lives. It’s jarring, then, to learn that Canada’s Parliament has found…
As Canada’s Washington ambassador, Allan Gotlieb, put it: “Trudeau believes the Soviets can do no wrong” September 1 marks the 40th anniversary of a Soviet fighter jet shooting down Korean Air Lines (KAL) Flight 007, killing all 269 people on board. The plane – a Boeing 747 – had left New York City’s Kennedy International…
Rewriting history: How Sir Matthew Begbie, who stood up for native rights, went from revered to reviled In March 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for another in the apparently endless list of wrongs perpetrated by previous governments of Canada. This time the aggrieved party was the Tsilhqot’in Nation of British Columbia; their grievance was…
The Lincoln come-from-behind victory to become the Republican Presidential candidate highlights the unpredictable nature of U.S. politics It’s not a big secret that the eyes of the world often turn to U.S. politics. America is currently embroiled in two major controversies. The trials and tribulations of former President Donald Trump with allegations of 2020 election interference…
Was Thomas Becket, perhaps subconsciously, simply in search of sainthood and martyrdom? An extraordinary event happened on July 12, 1174. Henry II, king of England, submitted to a penitential flogging at Thomas Becket’s Canterbury Cathedral tomb. Administered by the Canterbury monks, the punishment was in response to Henry’s role in Becket’s murder less than four…
Unlikely Insider documents Jack Austin’s conviction that even a single individual can bring about substantial change All Canadians are free to run for office and become part of the bodies that govern us. Most of us choose not to do so. Becoming a candidate takes time, work, organization and money. All of these, usually along…
A striking parallel can be drawn between the Prigozhin rebellion and Caesar’s historic crossing of the Rubicon On June 24, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company (PMC), came close to marching several thousand of his brutish, battle-hardened mercenaries into Moscow, a city defended by Rosgvardia militiamen and police officers. It is…
While adored as ‘one of us’ during his 1963 visit to Ireland, Kennedy had, by that time, become a global figure U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s June 1963 visit to Ireland wasn’t his first time in the country. He’d been there twice before, once in 1945 and again two years later. But this was different.…
What if Germany had won the First World War? How would the world look today? In asking the question of who was to blame for the First World War, my last column also touched on what might have happened if Britain had chosen to step aside from the conflict. Bottom line, Germany would almost certainly…