Reading Time: 3 minutes In Ireland, in South Africa, in Canada the desire for stability, resolution and trust runs deep
Tag: War/Conflict
Why helping the downtrodden around the world helps us all
Reading Time: 3 minutes The idea that you can wall build walls and create quarantines is as ridiculous as it is dangerous
The lessons we can all learn from the brave women of the Congo
Reading Time: 3 minutes True power doesn’t rest with the violent, it lies with those of integrity and courage
Canada helps preserve memory of Holocaust by buying Hitler’s book
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians need to be reminded that conflicts and human tragedies sometimes come perilously close to home
Music can touch our hearts and give us hope
Reading Time: 3 minutes Playing in harmony is perhaps the most perfect example of human co-operation
China sets debt traps, threatens militarily and seduces
Reading Time: 4 minutes We must be on guard as China carves a disturbing global role that goes well beyond trade malfeasance
Heal our own pain and the pain of others, and heal the world
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our efforts to stop crime and violence through aggression and punishment have never worked. Compassion works
Was the Armistice of 1918 a triumph or tragedy?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The 1918 Armistice was an enormous historical blunder that led to the greatest tragedy experienced in modern times
The unwelcome consequences of the collapse of empires
Reading Time: 3 minutes The demise of the German Hohenzollerns led to Hitler, while the collapse of the Austrian Habsburgs gave rise to malignant nationalism
The corrosion of social norms puts us all at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutes Insisting on righteous victory at any cost is the greasy slope to violence