Our documentary, The Campaign, has really only been seen once before - privately, with friends and family, a few weeks ago in Toronto. It was well-received. But it was friends and family. Getting invited to show it at the Tev Aviv International Documentary Festival, as we were this afternoon, was something else entirely. As I sat there in the back row, watching people leave while it was still underway, it occurred to me that The Campaign was always going to be received diffe

First showing of our documentary, The Campaign, at the DocAviv documentary festival! Today!

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - More than 9,000 kilometres away from where Mark Carney gave his big speech, the guy selling T-shirts in the Carmel shuk regards his Canadian inquisitor. After a pause, he allows that his best friend lives in Canada, in Vancouver. Does he like it? “He likes it,” the man says, then he pauses. “He also says there are many antisemites there.” He shakes his head. It’s like that a lot, here. Those who will talk, those who know something about Canada, will mentio

Review of The Hidden Hand in today's Winnpeg Free Press calls it "devastating" and "convincing." Snippet: "Does a shadowy web of influence, supported by wealth and global fealty to a controlling religious group, exist? Are people and communities being influenced by a malign cabal sowing polarization and hatred? Does a hidden hand control economies, media and political engagement of many, wide-ranging others? Canadian author, lawyer, commentator, political consultant and punk

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - There was a time, not so long ago, that people here really, truly loved him. One year and one month ago, for example, hostage families gathered in an auditorium near the centre of this city to plead for the release of their loved ones. They were so, so sad, their suffering visible to all of us who had come to listen to what they had to say. They all spoke in English, not Hebrew. One after another, the family members held up photos of their sons, daughters,

...on a couple Amazon lists - where, I've learned, most people seem to get their books now. Spotted this from a great distance, from my perch in Tel Aviv. Very grateful to all of you for picking up. Honored by that.

Possibly the worst flight of all time. But made it. Now, a couple hours of sleep and then DocAviv for this!

“When you have a problem and a solution,” the barber said, “you don’t have a problem anymore.” “When you have a problem and no solution” - and here he shrugged - “you have a way of life.” The barber worked not far from the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa, and spent many years offering wisdom to MPs and Senators. And he was right, of course. His aphorism applies, these days, to Alberta’s erstwhile Premier, Danielle Smith. Smith has a big problem, one entirely of her own maki