Guest Column

Jihadist or Not?

In the Counter-terrorism Conference of East-West Institute in Brussels (19-21 February), reports Reuters, the debate repeatedly turned to arguments over whether the term "Jihad" and "Jihadists" should be applied to activities and members of al-Qaeda and like-minded terrorist organizations.

Government warns of terror threat to trains

In a bulletin released Friday to U.S. law enforcement officials, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning of “continued strong terrorist interest” in targeting mass transit systems in the U.S.

The contradiction that is Farley Mowatt

On Friday September 7, 2007, the venerable Canadian environmental author Farley Mowat made a boldly generous but stunningly futile gesture. He donated 200 acres of his Cape Breton land to “Nova Scotia Nature Trust”.

Student who threw Qur’ans in toilet gets 300 hours of community service

The charges were reduced from hate crime status. Still, one wonders what would have happened if he had thrown a Bible into the toilet. Probably he would have gotten some kind of award from the Pace Art Department.

Student who threw Qur’ans in toilet gets 300 hours of community service

The charges were reduced from hate crime status. Still, one wonders what would have happened if he had thrown a Bible into the toilet. Probably he would have gotten some kind of award from the Pace Art Department.

Obama thanks supporters in namesake Japanese town

The mayor of the sleepy Japanese fishing port of Obama received a letter of thanks from the U.S. presidential candidate who shares its name for supporting his White House bid, domestic media said on Tuesday.

Virus versus Cancer

When people think of the Rabies virus they will either think of rabid animals or a more recent The Office episode from America. One particular member of the Rhabdoviridae family of viruses is vesicular stomatitis virus, and it affects insects and mammals, including cattle.

“Muslim Weekly” Apologizes to Daniel Pipes

The Muslim Weekly, a London-based publication, issued an apology today to Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, concerning a defamatory article it published in February 2007.

Democrats Won’t Abandon NAFTA

During their debate on February 26th in Cleveland, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tried to outdo each other as to who would take the United States out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) faster. If elected, both candidates threatened to withdraw from NAFTA if the side labor and environmental agreements were not renegotiated.

Planet-X Resurfaces

Scientists at Kobe University, Japan, announced Thursday that they believe another planet is orbiting within our solar system, up to two-thirds the size of the Earth. Yes ladies and gentlemen, Planet-X is back!

Supercomputers Predicting Megaquakes

As the years go by, you can become more and more certain that no matter what natural phenomenon is thrown our way, someone, somewhere, has run a simulation on how to deal with it.

Taliban Mujahideen: “Martyrdom Attacks in the Kabul Area”

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mujahideen of the Taliban Movement "Martyrdom Attacks in the Kabul Area"

Did a Big Bang in Our Own Solar System Create Venus as we know it?

Over the past several years the formation of our own solar system has been of high importance in scientific circles. Many scientists have focused their attention on the inner four planets, and found that we bounced around like a ball in a pinball mission in our early formative years.

The Big Flood that Cooled the Earth

From the outset, let’s just make it clear; this has nothing to do with Noah, fig branches or doves. What we’re discussing here is just how it was that the glacial lake Agassiz-Ojibway managed to break its way through to open sea-water and cause a mini ice-age for Europe.

Polish defiance built on British intel

Britain's Secret Intelligence Service has played a role in providing Poland with information allowing the Warsaw government, which came to power last November, to let America base its "Son of Star Wars" missile defense system in the country.

The Shunning of Immigration Critics by the BBC, ABC and CBC

Is there something endemic in state broadcasting in the Anglophone world which makes the population question taboo and the pro-immigration stance the default position? Is there an intrinsic bias, and if so, where is it coming from? The journalists, the presenters, the researchers, the producers or the higher-ups? Is state media more captive of  political correctness than the private media?

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history.

Don’t eat Danish food—eat the Danes

Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas) Feb. 22, 2008 Hamas children's TV dedicated a program to hatred of Denmark, the West and Israel, climaxing with a statement about the West by the co-host, a giant rabbit character named Assud: "If they repeat it we will kill them ... I will bite them and eat them!"

Listing the Polar Bear Under the ESA Could Spell Disaster

In reaction to the Bush Administration's deliberation over whether to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act the Natural Resources Defense Council's Andrew Wetzler claims: "There's no reason for them not to finalize that decision now."

Europe’s Time to Choose

During the past two centuries three major European continental nations have tried to impose their will on the rest of the continent, indeed, on the globe. First France in the early 19th century, then Germany in the first half of the 20th century, and finally Russia. France was defeated in 1815, Germany in 1918 and 1945, and Russia in 1989. Britain stood up to all these attempts of the major European countries to gain European and world hegemony.