The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Bias is hard to eliminate for anybody; the Palestine and Israel conflict is no exception. With much of the Bible having its focus on Israel, many Christians feel a natural leaning towards the nation. But when it comes down to it, the sobering news is that there is much more […]
A few hours after I was assigned to write about the media’s silence over the Crimea situation, a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine. While the international political scene is still trying to find an explanation for the disaster, the families of the 298 victims will now finally be […]
As I sit down to write this, my Twitter feed constantly updates me with 140 character descriptions from the war zone that is Gaza. I can barely keep up. Truth be told, I don’t even have the ability to compute what I read. As of this moment the figures are as […]
In one of the most embattled regions in the world, Israel and Palestine are ignited once again with more violence. Hamas — which is part of the Palestinian government — and Israel are engaged in what is being called one of the worst flare-ups in this region for years. So what […]
Guess who’s back. Back again. Ford is back. Tell a friend. Toronto’s (perhaps even North America’s?) most interesting politician returned to City Hall on Monday, June 30 after being in a rehabilitation facility for two months. As everyone would expect, Rob Ford gave a speech full of apologies. While he […]
On Tuesday, three Al Jazeera journalists were sentenced up to 10 years in prison in Egypt. The Egyptian government said the trio had aided the Muslim Brotherhood, a group labelled terrorist by the interim government, and had produced false news reports last December. One of the three, Mohamed Fahmy, is an Egyptian-Canadian and […]