Good morning, Kandahar

A fairly regimented media day here at the base in Kandahar, but not for general reporters; media pool stuff mostly, so I got a chance to wander around after the PM gave his speech this morning, do a bit of shopping. The local hats are really cheap. The traditional roll-up like this was only five […]

Hello from Kandahar

Stephen Harper in Kandahar
Photo credit: Kevin Steel

Here’s a pic of PM Harper getting off the plane in Kandahar. It’s not the best and I apologize for the quality. I was running about trying to get a good shot over the shoulders of the media pool cameras. There’ll be better ones coming in a few moments […]

The Uyghur pawn

Beijing’s dictatorship sentences a Canadian to life in prison without evidence to support their charges. The question remains, why?
He calls it a “basket charge.” That’s the term Hamilton-area lawyer Chris MacLeod uses when describing “split-ism,” or seeking “to divide the motherland.” This is the charge his client Huseyin Celil has been convicted of in Communist […]

Will they ever learn?

Trailing in the polls with a weak leader, the desperate Liberals go negative
Imagine you are given a new job and a new office. When you move in, you discover a briefcase full of confidential files. Is it yours? Actually, no. “Even if we come upon something otherwise lawfully, for example, if we take over someone […]