David Solway

David Solway is a Canadian poet and essayist. He is the author of The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism, and Identity, and is currently working on a sequel, Living in the Valley of Shmoon. His new book on Jewish and Israeli themes, Hear, O Israel!, has just been released by Mantua Books.

Oy Canada

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - by David Solway

Anti-Semitism in Canada? No way, eh?

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Bush Is a Liar, Obama Is a Savior: The Rhetoric of Propaganda

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 - by David Solway

What’s in a name? Words can demonize the innocent and angelize the culpable.

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Terrorism? What Terrorism?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 - by David Solway

How academic elites downplay the threat of jihadist terror.

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Obama and Harper: A Tale of Two Leaders

Saturday, October 17th, 2009 - by David Solway

The American president gets accolades; the Canadian prime minister gets results.

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Reading Haiku in Obamaland

Monday, October 12th, 2009 - by David Solway

There’s just no getting away from this president.

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Talking Back to the Talkbackers

Friday, September 25th, 2009 - by David Solway

A comment on bombastic, uninformed, and mostly leftist comments.

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There Are Two Sides to Every Wall

Monday, September 21st, 2009 - by David Solway

Except, perhaps, the Israeli security barrier.

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The American Political Scene: A Hollywood B Movie in Progress

Sunday, September 13th, 2009 - by David Solway

And Americans find themselves trapped in Obama's theater.

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Dershowitz and Paglia: When Good Liberals Go Wrong

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 - by David Solway

Barack Obama is the decisive test of our times for all believing liberals.

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Reflections on the New Anti-Semitism

Saturday, August 29th, 2009 - by David Solway

European newspapers that have accused Israel of stealing organs and creating swine flu are just the tip of an ugly iceberg.

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