Michael Reynolds: On the “soft” military coup happening in the US

A military coup in the US obviously is not going to happen. There is no stomach for such a thing, and the US military has a strong, proud tradition of knowing very precisely where it stands in the Order of things. That said, it is also written into the US Constitution and political landscape that …

Election Updates from Latin America

Latin America is often completely forgotten in the Mass Media, and thus by most people living in Canada and “the West”. Yet as the decades have gone on, Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean to South America, has gained strength, econmically, politically, and even militarily. The BBC has an excellent ongoing series on Latin …

The Dubya-ing of Parliament Hill has officially begun.

Canada just lost 4 more troops in Afghanistan. Since the start of this “War on Terror” (more on that below), every time a Canadian soldier or citizen has been killed in the “Warzone”, the flag above the peacetower has been lowered to half-staff. I found a wonderful picture of the flag atop the Peace Tower …