Published Mar. 19, 2015, in the Waterloo Region Record.
The Israeli election results are yet another reminder of what travails can be produced by a proportional representation voting system in complicating the democratic process.
Published Feb. 25, 2015, in the Waterloo Region Record.
Much has been made of the personal animosity between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the two men clearly have had differences and don't play well together.
Published Dec. 15, 2014, in the Waterloo Region Record.
Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
24 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario.
My very dear Prime Minister:
Published Oct. 14, 2014, in the Waterloo Region Record and Guelph Mercury.
Whenever an election appears on the horizon, political strategists attempt to frame a “ballot question” to offer voters a bite-sized synopsis of the key issue, as the strategists see it.
Published Sept. 17, 2014, in the Waterloo Region Record.
In a world that has become increasingly safe for tyrannical aggression to go unchallenged, as evidenced by the Russians in Ukraine, the Crimea and Georgia, and the Chinese in the islands of the South China Sea, the recent expansive activities of the militant group the Islamic State might all seem to be cut from the same cloth.
