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Is taking the law into your own hands really a bad thing?

TORONTO Ontario’s public prosecutors have decided to make a public example of David Chen, who owns and operates a small retail store in Toronto’s Chinatown. His store, and many others on his block, has been repeatedly victimized by shoplifters, including one day last May when a shoplifter stole a number of potted plants from the […]

Attack on Pak Army HQ a strategic error by Taliban

TORONTO — I have written before about the strategic savoir faire of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Saturday’s attack on the headquarters of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi may prove to be the single biggest strategic blunder by the Taliban’s wing in Pakistan.
Pakistan is the Army
And, the Army is Pakistan.
The government in Pakistan is inept, corrupt […]

Obama to Nobel: “Don’t help me… Please!”

TORONTO – Today’ surprising announcement that U.S. president Barack Obama is the 2009 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize must have the leader of the free world pulling his hair out.
Sure, it’s an amazing honor. And, it’s something to highlight on your resume if (a) you’ve won one and (b) if people believe you’ve earned […]