UncategorizedSee no TigersThe Ottawa Citizen runs a front-page story about Tamil protesters shutting down downtown Ottawa without mentioning that virtually...
UncategorizedThe World Desk – not welcome in Iran (or in Paul Forseth’s office)One of the more effective methods illiberal societies use to control the coverage they receive from international journalists is...
UncategorizedRick Salutin goes off the railsIn 1990, following the opening of Soviet archives, the Oxford-educated historian Robert Conquest was asked by his publisher to...
UncategorizedThe Taliban: a local or international problem, part IIFurther to yesterday’s post about whether the Taliban are threat to anyone beyond their home turf, Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the...
UncategorizedParis antes upFrançois Delattre, the French ambassador to Canada, met with a Maclean’s reporter and several other journalists Monday...
UncategorizedThe Taliban: local or international thugs?One expert describes the level of cooperation between al-Qaeda and the Taliban as ’very close’
UncategorizedGeorge Galloway: an odd champion of free speechGeorge Galloway cancelled our interview because he didn’t like my question. This was during the 2005 British general...
WorldIranian porn actors could face deathPolice in Iran are increasing their focus on ‘moral corruption’