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Bioweapons, Ukraine peace proposals from UK/France/Germany, election interference in Canada and more

In Opinion by Michael Rae

ARMS CONTROL VERIFICATION CHALLENGES On the 20th anniversary of America’s illegal invasion of Iraq in March 2003 on the false pretext that Hussein was still harbouring weapons of mass destruction, Hans Blix recalls in a short video a very key point: multilateral verification can — and did — work spectacularly well: [By Visit the Rideau Institute for the complete article

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Creating Christ: Challenging Christian Origins

In Opinion by Michael Rae

As Creating Christ will have it, Christianity as we know it was more or less invented, or at least redirected, by two members of the Flavian dynasty, Emperor Vespasian and his son (and eventual emperor) Titus, as a way of enforcing docility on zealous Jewish sects who wanted pagan Rome out of Jerusalem and out of their lives. Continue Reading… Read more at The Acton Institute

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The Adam Smith We Need

In Opinion by Michael Rae

There are two reasons to read Glory M. Liu’s new comprehensive book, Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism. The first is that if you are a student of economics or history, there is a remarkable amount of well-documented information packaged into a logically sequential analysis that is well worth your time. Continue Reading… Read more at The Acton Institute

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Ad-Copy Gospel and the Christian Marketing Dilemma

In Opinion by Michael Rae

With perhaps the exception of the recent Asbury revival, it’s rare to see Christianity referenced in popular culture in a positive way. Be it debates over Christian nationalism or the tragically unending list of church abuse scandals, Christianity’s portrayal within modern media often swings on a doom-and-gloom pendulum, between the cheery endpoints of authoritarianism and abuse. Continue Reading… Read more at The Acton Institute

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What Greek tragedy can teach us about ending the war in Ukraine

In Opinion by Michael Rae

UKRAINE UPDATE: WHAT GREEK TRAGEDY CAN TEACH US Dr. Nicolai Petro is a leading expert on Ukraine and in particular what has been called its “rival identities”. Dr. Petro’s latest book is unique in amplifying the voices of the ‘other Ukraine’. On Tuesday, 28 February 2022, Anatol Lieven, Director of the Eurasia Program Visit the Rideau Institute for the complete article

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Tár Falls Just Short of Greatness

In Opinion by Michael Rae

One of this year’s Oscar darlings, Tár, also turns out to be the only major movie since #metoo to mount an attack on cancel culture. This is paradoxical, of course, as we see from the three nominations—Best Picture, Best Direction, and Best Original Screenplay—received by the artist behind the movie, Todd Field. Continue Reading… Read more at The Acton Institute

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Pursuing peace in Ukraine, new nuke risks and more

In Opinion by Michael Rae

UKRAINE, WAR AND PEACE On this horrific one-year anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, most Western analysts foresee a continued “war of attrition” with no end in sight. See, for example, Domestic Politics Encourage Continued War of Attrition in Ukraine in 2023 (Thomas Graham, russiamatters.org, 22 February 2023). Thomas Graham, former Visit the Rideau Institute for the complete article