From David Anthony Hohol… Over the weekend the global news story was no doubt Palestine’s submission for statehood to the UN. Barack Obama conceded the critical nature of this issue way back in March 2009, when in Cairo he called for a halt on all settlement activity. In May of the same year, Obama asserted [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… Riding my trusted horse over the rolling plains always made me feel free and comforted me when thinking of the reason for my journey. An open horizon, a setting sun and a dancing hay field; the air was warm, familiar and hospitable. A purple hew of color splashed itself across the [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… Rape and assault or promiscuity and prostitution – this is the common two-pronged argument used by some Saudis to justify their law that prohibits women from driving. What happens if a car breaks down and a woman is alone? She could get assaulted and raped. Being out alone without a man [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… As I drive down the highway, and as it’s been for what seems like forever this time of year, my mind is filled with memories. I am on a long journey to see an old friend. Reggie and I have always been friends. My mom always told me, right up until [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… Something I thought to be true for most of my life was debunked during my time as a student in the hallowed halls of academia.  Now moving into my 11th year of working in the same field,  such conclusions have been clarified as a misnomer several times over. The educated culture [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… I started playing hockey at the age of four, and it remained an integral and constant part of my life until I was nearly twenty years old. Hockey in Canada, especially in rural areas, is not just our nation’s pastime, but a way of life and a belief in an idea. [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… Now at the very beginnings of a new millennia, working class citizens continue to live a life of permanent insecurity never being sure that the current job will last or how much longer they will be able to live in their rented houses. The experience of living in fear continues to [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… The summer, for most of my life, has always meant time on the family farm. Sitting in the same house where my father was raised, the same house in which my grandfather was born, and the same house my great grandfather built with his own hands with timber from the trees [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… Led by France and President Nicolas Sarkozy, Europe continues to move towards a full ban on both the full face-covering burka and the niqab, while cries of discrimination against Muslims run through the Arab World. A funny thing then happened – Muslims the world over were caught off guard when Syria [...]

From David Anthony Hohol… The Iranian political regime (and not its citizens who we have supported in their fight for democracy ) have been the self-declared enemy of the West since the 1978 Islamic Revolution, when the Mullahs took over the country. They’ve repeatedly spewed hatred, issued threats and sounded entirely unstable as a result. The crazy, [...]