Mitch Miyagawa is my colleague and student at the University of British Columbia. His family has now been thrice blessed with official government apologies. In this month's Walrus Magazine, Mitch canvasses Canada's strivings to be the Je M'excuse Capital of the entire universe : "Penitential engagement is closer to reality than you'd think. The Japanese government has made at least forty "war...
Earlier from Mr Glavin , Peter, Paul and Mary, and Salutin, and Fatah, and Noordin Top. and yesterday : Don't follow leaders. Watch the parking meters. ... 2. Who would write that the Taliban were grudgingly tolerated by Afghans, and it was because of the "honesty, integrity and good performance from all levels of government" the Taliban delivered? American white-nationalist and revisionist...
... anti-racist, tolerant or sensible about it. National Post Journalist, author and blogger TerryGlavin is an adjunct professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia and editor of Transmontanus Books. He was awarded the 2009 B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. Photo: P hoto dated November, 1985 of the late Talwinder Singh Parmar, who lived in...
... to hide their defeat at the military field." National Post Journalist, author and blogger TerryGlavin is an adjunct professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia and editor of Transmontanus Books. He was awarded the 2009 B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.
... then grand, all in. Slow and steady wins the race. National Post J ournalist, author and blogger TerryGlavin is an adjunct professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia and editor of Transmontanus Books. He was awarded the 2009 B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. Photo: Grant Kippen, chairman of the U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission,...
Hey Mary, I voted for you early and often. Im ashamed to admit it, but I didnt nominate you. I did nominate Ester @ Islam in Europe, Melanie Philips, and TerryGlavin.
... women on the frontlines of the struggle to achieve their constitutionally-mandated human rights. TerryGlavin, writes : During my many conversations with feminists and progressives in Afghanistan last year , one thing that came through loud and clear was that the “troops out now” posture so commonplace in polite society in western countries has no support among Afghan women’s leaders....
Dr. Dawg has thoroughly debunked TerryGlavin's attack on Afghan MP Malalai Joya. But it's worth pointing out that the absurdity of Glavin's column can be more neatly summed up by looking at what he thinks makes others "brave" in contrast to Joya. Shorter Glavin: The true mark of bravery is to demand that others risk their lives for your benefit. Chickenhawks Forever!...
... in Afghanistan" over the next little while... Read on for the brave women. Plus more from TerryGlavin : An Encounter With The Latest Poster Girl For Dizzy, Bourgeois Vanity . ... It is only in "the west" that she serves any purpose. She can be summoned as a sort of celebrity spokesmodel for that caste of the west's rich liberals who have a weird need to believe the...
From measuring distance in miles and weight in pounds. Still, they somehow escaped a fate worth than death: driving on the wrong side of the road.On a serious note: TerryGlavin with a tribute to Canadians who died fighting Taliban.
American Import Considering how most Canadian leftists are so essentially, gleefully and mindlessly anti-American, it was a bit of surprise for me to learn, from TerryGlavin's blog, that the origins of Canadian socialism actually trace back to the US. Here is the youtube explaining this irony in history.
Steve Coll is the author of Ghost Wars : The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 , probably the best contemporary history of those events. Last month he wrote serious think piece in Foreign Policy about the way ahead for US Afghan policy and related issues (thanks to TerryGlavin for bringing it to attention). I think the...
There's a new sheriff in town . Fake leftist TerryGlavin ("Transmontanus") cites this dinosaur with respect --quite in keeping with his role as the policeman's friend . But he does capture the money-quote from the just-appointed boss of CSIS, Richard B. Fadden : Why then, I ask, are those accused of terrorist offences often portrayed in media as quasi-folk heroes, despite the...
Post of the week: TerryGlavin "Proximate Cause" . The BNP: Some more posts, to add to the lists here , here and here . Johnny G: A hollow victory for the goodies . Modernity: Thinking about no platform . LGF: BNP's mask falls off . Duncan: Debating no platform . Dave Hill: Can the BNP define British ? Patrick Hayes: Would the BBC give a platform to Hitler (or cut to the money...
