Who is winning the war? Israel is not losing. Every day that Iran’s military infrastructure is degraded or destroyed is a good day for Israel. The United States does not seem to be winning. Donald Trump has failed to meet the objectives he set for the war: Iran’s hardline Islamist dictators, and the fascistic Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are still in charge. The regime hasn’t lost the capacity to make nuclear weapons. And the long-suffering Iranian people continue to su

Who is winning the war in Iran? Donald Trump’s apparatchiks  can call it whatever they want: it’s a war. And, a month later, it’s still raging. A month ago, this writer made ten predictions about why the war. Let’s see how accurate they were. Leadership. I said both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were unpopular in their respective countries - and might get less popular. That has certainly been the case for Trump. As of today, Trump is the most unpopular p

Since I was a kid – since this day in 1972 , in fact, when I started writing a daily journal – I have always taken note of April 4, and said to myself:   “April 4.  Dr. King.” Today, more than half a Century ago, Martin Luther King was murdered by a racist in Memphis.  Dr. King was a giant of a man, the one whose message continues to resonate across the ages, because racial hatred continues unabated. He was the one who first said that “anti-Zionism” was, in fact, just plain o

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Years ago, back when CBC TV still valued debate, I used to appear on a panel show called Counterspin . Its host was Avi Lewis. Counterspin was on every day, and it had some other hosts, but I don’t remember any of them. I remember Avi, though. We’d sit around an elevated table and debate stuff. Usually, we’d yap about the news of the day, from the Left or the Right or whatever. I don’t remember any of that, either. But I remember Avi. He was really, really smart. He was charm

Here. Quote: "The very fact that someone like Kinsella, without, say, top-level security clearance, could amass such a damning catalogue of evidence begs the question of just how much effort governments and security services are devoting to this problem. That so many deeply problematic and potentially illegal cases in Canada, including here in British Columbia, have not resulted in charges or even, seemingly, any serious investigation, makes Kinsella’s book especially valuabl

The holiest time of the year is here. Ramadan, Eid, Palm Sunday, Easter and Passover. Starting on Wednesday night, Passover celebrates the deliverance of Jews from oppression. But for Jews, 2026 has not offered deliverance. Around the world, antisemitism remains a raging pandemic. One of the worst places in the world for Jews, right now, is Canada. As progressive writer Jesse Brown noted in The Atlantic this week, Canada has had more attacks on synangogues - shootings, firebo