Some of the articles that have been grabbing my attention lately are ones that look at the pragmatics of the Gazan situation and avoid the intractable bog of moral justifications coming from each side. Refusing to engage in that, they examine instead whether the Israeli offensive will help secure Israel's security and peace in the region generally ( Read more... )

Oh, shit.

That is all.

I found this to be an interesting analysis of Wednesday's events. Jan Wong is often quite controversial, but I like her. What she said about shooters generally being alienated from pure laine Quebecois society is not going to go down well with, erm, pure laine Quebecois, though ( Read more... )