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Letters and Essays
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Orest Slepokura



Omar Khadr is damaged goods Edmonton Sun; 17Jul2008
Israel-Palestine conflict Edmonton Sun, 18Feb2008
Human Rights Gone Awry www.cbc.ca, 04Jan2008

2007

"Truth is no defense" To National Post, 18Dec2007
"Nowhere Man" To Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 16Jun2007
Surrey parade honours terrorist Edmonton Sun, 29Apr2007
"Double Standards" Edmonton Sun, 04Mar07

2006

A moral defeat Calgary Sun, 07Sep2006
Playing nice with Hezbollah Edmonton Sun, 27Aug2006
One question on Rambam To Matthew Ramsey, 23Jul2006

2005

Torture by music? To Globe and Mail, 19Dec2005
Michael Ignatieff and Torture Lite To Toronto Star, 18Dec2005
"Rest home for the wicked" Western Standard, 28Nov2005
"Fort George fever" Edmonton Sun, 06Nov2005
Deadly 'Idealists' Toronto Sun, 22Oct2005
"Truth and justice his ultimate legacy" To Toronto Star, 24Sep2005
Sunshine and horror Globe and Mail, 29Aug2005
"Murder is murder" To Edmonton Sun, 10Aug2005
Josef Czarny To JTA.org, 02Aug2005
Abandon Iraq? Globe and Mail, 19Jul2005
"Give back the medal" To Edmonton Sun, 09Jul2005
Foreign aid conundrum Calgary Sun, 07Jul2005
"Fighter's eyes" Ottawa Sun, 16Jun2005
Splitting the vote? Globe and Mail, 06May2005
"Dworkin died of a broken heart" To Edmonton Sun, Apr. 17, 2005

2004

War's tragic futility Calgary Sun, Sep. 02, 2004
Terrorism works in more ways than one Calgary Sun, Aug. 01, 2004
Bigotry under the Sun Winnipeg Sun, Jul. 29, 2004
Don't turn our military into farm team for U.S. Calgary Sun, Jun. 27, 2004
Harper on Iraq To Toronto Sun, Jun. 13, 2004
"A hero passes" Calgary Sun, Jun. 07, 2004
Lynndie England -- woman in American society? To Calgary Sun, May 19, 2004
Greatest crime here is sheer stupidity Calgary Sun, May 16, 2004
Torture continues in Iraq Globe and Mail, May 03, 2004
Principled terrorism Calgary Sun, Mar. 31, 2004
Leave them alone? Never! To Calgary Herald, Mar. 26, 2004
Demjanjuk 'evidence' To Globe and Mail, Mar. 10, 2004
Conspiring with hate To Toronto Sun, Jan. 11, 2004
Facing up to the past To Toronto Sun, Jan. 10, 2004

2003

"Enabler" of 1933 Ukrainian famine To Globe and Mail, Nov. 01, 2003
Count our blessings To Toronto Sun, Oct. 12, 2003
Media Pimp To Calgary Herald, Sep. 30, 2003
Three Words: "Bring 'em on" To Calgary Herald, Aug. 30, 2003
The Perfect Couple Toronto Sun, July 19, 2003
Propaganda Calgary Herald, Apr. 23, 2003
Sauce Goose Gander Calgary Sun, Apr. 20, 2003
Day earns top marks To Calgary Sun, Apr. 07, 2003
Zundel makes a mockery of refugee system To Edmonton Sun, Apr. 02, 2003
Humanitarian compassion To Calgary Sun, Mar. 31, 2003
Allure of torture To Report, Mar. 31, 2003
Century of moral capital To Calgary Sun, Mar. 24, 2003
Rachel Corrie, March 16, 2003 To "Diamondback", Mar. 22, 2003 PHOTO
5,000 peace seekers sight for sore eyes Calgary Sun, Feb. 23, 2003
The American weasel Calgary Sun, Feb. 19, 2003
New look, same line To Calgary Sun, Feb. 03, 2003
U.S. often backed the wrong horses Calgary Sun, Feb. 02, 2003
Ungrateful allies To Calgary Sun, Jan. 27, 2003
Unrepentant, unrebuked Maclean's, Jan. 27, 2003

2002

Hatred becomes glossed over Toronto Star, Dec. 30, 2002
Dark propaganda To Calgary Sun, Dec. 15, 2002
Killing free speech leads to bloodshed Calgary Sun, Dec. 03, 2002
Israel is not above the law To Canadian Jewish News, Nov. 21, 2002
Klein Halevi bio To National Post, Nov. 04, 2002
Bureaucratic roadblocks Calgary Sun, Aug. 27, 2002
Holocaust Denial = Hate Crime? To Alex Neve, AI, Aug. 21, 2002
Sadam's 'actions' strike a sour note Calgary Sun, Aug. 18, 2003
Israel fuels the fire To Globe and Mail, July 10, 2002
Brutal mythology Globe and Mail, May 07, 2002
A growing wave of hate? To Toronto Sun, Apr. 20, 2002
Silence greets the new anti-Semitism To Toronto Sun, Apr. 14, 2002
Awash in trash To Paul Jackson, Feb. 03, 2002

2001

Criticizing Israel differs from anti-Semitism Calgary Sun, Dec. 30, 2001
Bashing Israel is the new anti-Semitism To Edmonton Sun, Dec. 23, 2001
Surgical nuclear strikes To Calgary Sun, Nov. 11, 2001
Young Iranians should reconsider enthusiasm Calgary Sun, Nov. 11, 2001
Eulogy of Doug Collins To Robert Fulford, Nov. 07, 2001

Freedom of press a two-way street Calgary Sun, Oct. 28, 2001
Shame, shame To Toronto Sun, Oct. 28, 2001
Impressions To Counterspin, Oct. 22, 2001
Thobani has to face music To Ben Mulroney, Oct. 20, 2001
Hollywood has gotten away with this for 100 years Edmonton Sun, Oct. 17, 2001
Freedom of Speech opens some dark doors To Calgary Herald, Oct. 13, 2001
The West would never get away with this To Edmonton Sun, Oct. 13, 2001
The new target terror To Toronto Sun | Oct. 09, 2001
Women fed embarrassing pap To Calgary Sun, Oct. 07, 2001
Sunera Thobani rides again To Winnipeg Sun, Oct. 05, 2001
Two reasons to thank Sunera Thobani To Globe and Mail, Oct. 04, 2001
Thobani's Ottawa speech To Globe and Mail, Oct. 02, 2001

Forget sloppy tears To Globe and Mail, Sep. 29, 2001
Jerry the jerk Toronto Sun, Sep. 29, 2001
The U.K.'s secret soldiers To Toronto Sun, Sep. 29, 2001
Aggression is gender-neutral Toronto Star, Sep. 25, 2001
Gumbo in limbo To Toronto Star, Sep. 24, 2001
"if i had a rocket launcher" To Cross-Country Checkup, Sep. 16, 2001
Why would anyone cheer destruction? To Toronto Sun, Sep. 16, 2001
Evil celebrates evil To Toronto Sun, Sep. 15, 2001
Stand firm on G-8 To Calgary Sun, Sep. 14, 2001
A time of self-reflection To Edmonton Sun, Sep. 12, 2001
Anti-racist goes racist To Winnipeg Sun, Sep. 11, 2001
Blatant racism Ottawa Citizen, Sep. 11, 2001
Persecuted minorities To Toronto Sun, Sep. 08, 2001
Cease hate promotion To Ottawa Citizen, Sep. 07, 2001
Racism knows no bounds Edmonton Sun, Sep. 06, 2001
Anything goes To Calgary Sun, Sep. 02, 2001

The hijacking in Durban To Globe and Mail, Aug. 31, 2001
Sharon "enabler" of war crime Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Aug. 31, 2001
Response to Len Rudner To Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Aug. 15, 2001
Coming to Terms With The Past To New Pathway, Aug. 14, 2001
Hypocrisy of Bernie Farber To Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Aug. 02, 2001
Honorary citizenship for Mandela National Post, June 9, 2001
Nazi hunter blasts government To Canadian Jewish News, May 31, 2001
Farber condones Torture To P. Worthington, Apr. 30, 2001
Stern Gang alliance with Nazi Germany To Toronto Sun, Apr. 29, 2001
Slepokura response to Landy To Keith Landy, Apr. 10, 2001
CJC should examine its own conscience To Toronto Sun, Apr. 06, 2001