Bill Longstaff

Our new premier, Jim Prentice, claims he is committed to making Alberta an environmental leader. That's on Sundays, just after church....

The road to the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began under a Conservative government and has been championed by Conservatives ...

As the season of wallowing in warrior worship wanes, we might think upon those warriors we love to hate—the young Muslim men from around t...

Among the arguments that might be made to keep Quebec in Canada is simply that it's our most progressive province. One can cite ample ...

There are, in my humble opinion, two overwhelming threats to humanity, either one of which will undermine global civilization if not dealt w...

A year of firsts for whiskey. For instance, it's the first time in the 12-year history of the World Whisky Bible's rankings that a...

Recently, Canada suffered through the pain and embarrassment of having the world's worst mayor. Is it possible we can now rise above t...

The Arab spring, one of the most encouraging events from a democratic perspective in recent years, has unfortunately mostly failed. Egypt,...

With all the feverish reaction from politicians and a good part of the media to the two recent "terrorist" incidents, it is enco...

The shooting spree by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau on Parliament Hill that resulted in the death of soldier Nathan Cirillo has resulted in a rush ...

Canada doesn’t often capture the attention of the world’s media, but Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, with his murderous rampage on Parliament Hill W...

When Iran claims it is not developing nuclear weapons because they are incompatible with Islam, the U.S. and its European allies suggest t...

Of all the atrocities committed by the Islamic State, the ones that got the most attention were the very public beheadings of two American...

We are all familiar with the depravity of the Islamic State. Tragically, some of their foes are also descending into the moral depths. Acc...

The American Republican Party is a major obstacle to the United States acting responsibly on climate change. In the manner of our federal ...

It was overwhelming. British MPs voted 274 to 12 this week in support of a motion to recognize Palestine as a state. The vote was only symbo...

She's your commissioner, Mr. Harper, appointed under your watch. She is a former mining industry executive, the kind of credentials yo...

In 1867, Canada's founding fathers created two levels of constitutional government—provincial and federal. The municipal level didn...

Running an empire is tough. There are always tribesmen out on the fringes who fail to appreciate that you are bringing them civilization. ...

The American Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) has compiled a list of CEO compensation in 19 developed countries and the results are of consi...

Hey, the above is not my line. I plagiarized it from a CBC article about a new thesis from the University of B.C. that suggests our brain...

Recently British PM David Cameron, even while encouraging Iran to help deal with ISIS, couldn't resist taking a shot at the country. I...

We are a rapacious species. Since we first walked out of Africa we have been decimating our neighbours. Today, according to the World Wild...

North Americans don't seem to care much about democracy. Canadians don't, and our good neighbours the Americans don't. We enjoy ...

As I slip slowly into my dotage I have at least one consolation—I'm less of a burden on the planet. A study by the Max Planck Institut...

The prattling of climate change sceptics/deniers in the National Post has been ridiculed by one of its own editors. In recent comments on ...

In her latest book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate , Naomi Klein argues that if we are to defeat climate change we mus...

Homeowners, it seems, at least in the Greater Toronto Area, are opting out of sprawl, or they would like to. So says the Royal Bank of...

If I had heroes, Edward Snowden would be among them. Sacrificing his career, accepting exile from his homeland, and risking long years in pr...

When it comes to taxes, corporations can be shifty. For example, some shift profits by setting up a storefront office in an offshore tax h...

A juxtaposition of two articles in the Guardian this week suggested a very odd development indeed in the Middle East—the barbaric hordes o...

As a frequent critic of how the United States uses its military in the world, I was delighted to hear that President Obama has made a majo...

ISIS has thrown the fear of God into Americans. According to a poll conducted by the Opinion Research Centre, ninety per cent of Americans...

In early 2003, there were no Islamic extremists in Iraq, or at least none that dared raise their heads above ground. Then the Americans an...

Whatever damage Israel did to Hamas during the recent war, it didn't harm the group's standing among the Palestinian people. Quite...

What you may ask is a non-Catholic, indeed a non-Christian, doing recommending someone for pope. Well, it's partly tongue-in-cheek, of...

Russian president Vladimir Putin is on record as saying that the collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the 20th century's major geop...