They tried it here on the home continent and didn’t get too far. Fears that North Korean missiles might reign down on North Battleford, Saskatchewan, weren’t enough to convince the government that all out Canadian participation in the proposed defense shield was warranted. As many of you are aware, I was very much opposed to [...]

NATO. It’s an outdated organization that has become nothing more than a vehicle with which to exploit lucrative new arms markets, apply political pressure to new member states to support the foreign policy initiatives of its foremost members, and diminish Russian influence in Eastern Europe while claiming that that isn’t an objective. The Eastern European [...]

This morning’s confirmed it – sick. Probably bronchitis, so I put myself on antibiotics. The voice is hoarse and so forth. Don’t worry though if you have tickets to upcoming shows – I’ll figure a way to pull them off. Anyway, on to more pressing issues… US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has taken the cake. [...]

For those of you that might be disappointed that you missed the world’s last major arms race, fear not. It would seem that the Bush Doctrine may very well extend to you, and perhaps even your children, the wonderful opportunity to witness another one of significant proportions. As we’re all aware, the US defense budget is, [...]

Tensions have been running high between Russia and the United States of late, with the leaders of both nations exchanging words over the proposed implementation of a US missile-defense shield based in Eastern Europe (Poland and the Czech Republic). While the Bush administration has held firm to the line that the system’s purpose is to [...]

Updated The need for an anti-missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic is about as believable as the need for a Canadian based system. NATO has claimed that the defense shield is important in that it will guard against missile attacks from rogue states, a line that Canadians were treated to in the [...]

Sitting up last night reading the morning editions of the European Daily’s, I cam across the trailer for Michael Moore’s new film ‘Sicko’ which has, of course, already caused controversy in the US and it’s not even slated for release in theatres until June 29th. The best clip in the trailer is when Moore shows [...]

Steve Staples new book Missile Defense: Round One is now available for purchase. Not only am I going to order one to read, but to see if the blurb I was asked to write for the back cover made the grade. In short, the book details the Bush administration’s attempts to resurrect the ballistic missile defense [...]