MONTREAL – In the tropical section of this city’s Biodome, essentially a museum of the environment, I felt very much at home. Outside, snow stretched in all directions, but the interior climate was warm and humid – just like Florida’s. And it reminded me of how clever people can be.
In this case, they creatively replicated [...]

MONTREAL — When I picked up a copy of The Globe and Mail last week and read that Canada had recognized Kosovo’s independence, all I could think was: Good for Ottawa. It was no doubt a difficult decision but the right one.
Predictably, Serbian Ambassador Dusan Batakovic threw a fit, issued the exaggerated statement that [...]

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led intervention that toppled Saddam Hussein, many people understandably still search for answers. All the more reason, then, for thorough, objective, fact-based assessments about Iraq that clarify the historical record, and expand our understanding of how and why we arrived at this conundrum.

When I wrote about presidential dream tickets nearly a year ago, with U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona leading Republicans and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois as the No. 2 for Democrats, criticism rained from many directions.
“There is no way McCain will be the Republican nominee,” hundreds of people said. “Obama does not have [...]

Similar to transplantology enthusiast Vladimir Demikhov’s two-headed dog experiments, Russia’s political system has lurched in the direction of a curiosity with Dmitry Medvedev’s election as president. But is the team of Medvedev and outgoing President Vladimir Putin really a power duo, as some have suggested?
My belief is that the pair is more like one of [...]