Bill Longstaff

How the French view their minority populations after the violent events earlier this month will probably take a while to sort out. But a p...

If you were asked what the American people's top policy priority was, what would you answer? The economy perhaps? Immigration? Global wa...

Alberta Premier Jim Prentice recently committed heresy. Faced with plummeting oil prices and the possibility of a $500-million deficit, th...

The world is now aware of Saudi Arabia's satanic punishment of blogger Raif Badawi—ten years in prison and a 1,000 lashes for saying t...

Did the pope just display an iota of sympathy for the zealots who massacred Charlie Hebdo staff? In response to a question about the attac...

It isn't as if we don't have enough BIG things to worry about—global warming, resource depletion, nuclear war, for starters—now re...

During the Cold War, the West made allies out of some brutal dictatorial regimes. A challenge on this often met with the cynical answer, ...

Terrorist attacks are theatre. And what theatre they have been presenting lately. The 9/11 spectacle of planes flying into tall buildings ...

The Pew Research Centre recently released the results of a survey of Americans about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA in...

The United States has finally come to its senses and is normalizing relations with Cuba. It's taken over half a century but—to borrow ...

Following the slaughter of twenty children in Newtown, Connecticut two years ago this month, many Americans hoped their countrymen and wom...

So the U.S. has finally and formally confessed its sins. Good for the Americans. All nations sin, the better ones own up. That the CIA ran...

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards o...

As someone on the left I have occasionally wondered how we got lumbered with responsibility for defending the environment. Surely, I would...

The United States has resumed its war in Iraq, once again building a "coalition of the willing." Our government has, unfortunate...

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...