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by BRIAN LOCKHART On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Those were the first shots ...

Different kinds of thieves

by GWYNNE DYER What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but protection rackets ...

A picture doesn’t always say 1,000 words

by BRIAN LOCKHART There is a fairly famous painting that hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was created in 1948 ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: We Must Put CANADA FIRST

Dear Editor, U.S. President Trump’s ongoing unjust and unjustified tariff threats have shown Canada cannot take anything for granted. There’s no time for rest. Canada ...

War: Two steps forward, two steps back?

by GWYNNE DYER In classical civilizations, there was a continuing, unresolved debate about whether history moved forward or just went around in circles: was it ...

Get out and vote

by BRIAN LOCKHART Several years ago I worked with a full crew of guys who were fun to be around. The usual ‘guy talk’ was ...

Strategic Shmategic

by GWYNNE DYER The Strait of Malacca is strategically important. It’s the shortest shipping route between the Far East and the Indian Ocean, the Middle ...

Buy Canadian

by BRIAN LOCKHART Marco Polo is considered one of the first, maybe the original, true explorer. The Venetian-born merchant travelled the Silk Road into the ...