- Articles
- 911’s Deeper Significance – an Oppositional Perspective
- A 2002 Critique of the Prime Minister's Office
- Afghanistan’s TAPI Pipeline – We Stand on Guard for Free
- All Published Work: Politics / Martial Arts / Short Fiction
- Anti-Globalization 1999-A Canadian Perspective
- Anti-Semitism and Criticism of Israeli Militarism
- Article: Canadian governments embrace IHRA “Working Definition of antisemitism”
- Attack Ads Toxic to Democracy
- Bailing-out Trudeau’s Bail-in Regime
- Book Review - December 2015: The Harper Years in Retrospect
- Book Review and Commentary: Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America’s Growing Conspiracist Underground
- CANADIAN DIMENSION
- Canada Acknowledges Indigenous Genocide
- Canada Backs Palestinian Self-determination
- Canada Doesn’t Need Saudi Arabia
- Canada Indifferent to Palestinian Autonomy
- Canada Justifies Afghanistan Tragedy
- Canada Moves to Protect Sharks
- Canada without NAFTA
- Canada’s 150th more Than a Party
- Canada’s Lingering Reefer Madness
- Canada’s Nuclear Hypocrisy
- Canada’s UN Ambassador Supports Israeli “Expansion by Peace Process”
- Canada’s Venezuelan Meddling a Pre-election Diversion
- Canadian Perspective on the 2008 U.S. Financial Crisis
- Canadian Rebuke to Saudi Arabia Long Overdue
- Critique of Sophie Dulesh Article in Humanist Perspectives Issue 192: Spring 2015 - Reflections on the State of Israel
- Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act Long Overdue
- Cultural Theory of Risk
- Cuts to Carbon Emissions must Be Greater, Faster
- David Frum’s Kleptocracts
- Dying for Oil: Business as Usual-Canada and the TAPI Pipeline
- Economist Magazine Content With Israeli Policy
- Election 2019 – Canada’s Free Speech Distraction
- Election 2019: Trudeau’s Ethics Mirror Harper’s
- Expediency, Power and Oppression
- Exporting Terrorism
- Federal Media Bailout
- Foundations of Self-Defense
- Free Market Principles for Banks
- Gaza's Agony: an Alternative Perspective on Recent Events
- Gender Differences in Personal Advertisements
- HUMANIST PERSPECTIVES
- Haitian Intervention Fatigue
- Hamas attacks on Israel inevitable - terrible retaliation was only a matter of time
- Harper Offers False Choice for Middle East Peace
- Harper’s Israeli Foreign Legion
- Hezbollah Still a Useful Boogeyman for Israel and United States
- Highland Scots Experience Parallels Palestinian Case
- Historical Context Absent from Gaza Commentary
- History Contradicts Claims That Hamas’ October 7 Attacks Unprovoked
- I Politics Mention: Progressive-left outlets reflect on outcome of New Democrat-initiated motion on Gaza
- Inbalance in Canada's Parliament 2002
- Indigenous Sovereignty Impacting Canada’s Evolving Energy Sector
- Iran’s Ukraine Air Disaster Not Terrorism
- Jason Kenney’s Ministry of Truth
- Just Don’t Call MMA an Art
- Karate Organizations: A Theoretical Approach
- Karate and Spirituality
- Kinder Morgan’s Bailout Blunder
- Left/Right Concept Outdated
- Liberals Impose Conservative Carbon Tax
- More Unpublished Letters & Articles
- Navigating Ethics and Compromise in Martial Arts
- PUBLISHED ARTICLES / SHORT FICTION: 2006-2024
- Palestine Becomes the Modern State of Israel
- Palestinian Nakba and Israel's Creation Deserve Equal Recognition
- Paradise Canada
- Peace Process
- Peace Talks Really Permanent Delaying Tactic
- Peter MacKay: Let Veterans Eat Cake
- Political Engagement Requires Sacrifice
- Politicians tip-toeing around Bill 21 during election
- Radio interviews: Canadian Council of Chief Executives
- Rare Book Suggests North American Holocaust
- Reality of U.S. Record on Cuba
- Reality-Based Self-Defense
- Regulation and Deregulation
- Remembering to Forget - November Eleventh’s Collective Amnesia
- Royal Visit 2016 - Junior Team Tours the West Coast
- Royal visit 2025 - Perpetuating Deference to Unaccountable Power
- SHORT FICTION
- Saudi Oppression Boosts Canada’s Economy
- Stephen Harper Still Exerting Influence
- Stephen Harper’s “Moral Clarity” in Defense of Israeli Exceptionalism
- Summer Jobs Program and Charter Declarations Aren’t Anti-Anything
- Symbolic Democracy in Canada
- Syrian Syriana
- Ten Million Dollar Khadr Award Latest Cost of Canada's “Tagalong” Foreign Policy
- The Canadian Council of Chief Executives: Northern Oligarchy
- The Country of Quebec Versus the Province of Cape Breton
- The Humanistic Value of Martial Arts (Budo)
- The Political Economy of Afghanistan
- The Real Bank Crisis: Protecting Profits at Public Expense
- The Shift From Repressive to Restitutive Justice
- The World Trade Organization
- Trudeau Meek on Trump’s Jerusalem Gambit
- Trudeau Renews UNRWA Funding - Quietly Accepts Israeli Dominance in Palestine
- Trudeau’s Economic Imbalance – Labour and Social Democrats Excluded from New Advisory Council
- Trudeau’s Electoral Evasions
- Trudeau’s Gun Laws: A Work in Progress
- Trudeau’s Security Council Bid
- Trudeau’s Sprinkle Spin
- Trump off the Political Spectrum
- Trump’s Abraham Accords Incited Hamas Attack
- Trump’s Punitive Peace Process - Palestinians Pressured to Accept Israeli Terms
- UNPUBLISHED OTTAWA
- Unpublished Ottawa: Barrigar’s Middle East Dualism Devoid of Nuance
- VICTORIA STANDARD COLUMNS
- Welfare Fraud
- Western Separatist Rhetoric Inevitable
- Who will commemorate the Nakba in Canada? BRIAR PATCH – BLOG
- Wounded Veterans Deserve Better
- Zanshin and Personal Security Concepts
- Author's Bio
Index
Author's Bio
Morgan Duchesney is a Canadian writer and martial arts instructor with interests in social justice, international affairs and martial arts. He has published work on the war in Afghanistan, Canadian democracy, the Canadian banking system and various martial arts topics. He holds an MA in Political Economy from Carleton University and a number of Karate instructor credentials.
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- <Letter to Editor - 2020: West Bank Annexation Latest Phase of the Peace Process
- Letter to Editor - 2022: Biden’s Ukrainian Amnesia
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Swarming and Public Civility
- Letter to Editor - 2009: Concrete Dividers for Bike Lanes
- Letter to Editor - 2009: Deconstructing Hockey
- Letter to Editor - 2010: "Royal" Welfare Vacations
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Apathy and Activism
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Collateral Afghan Dead
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Gaza Blockade Perspective
- Letter to Editor - 2010: George Laraque and Green Party
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Haitian Hypocrisy-The Hidden Story
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Hamas and Fatah
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Long Form Census Debate
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Segregate Those Bike Lanes
- Letter to Editor - 2010: Share Unocal Profits with Afghan Veterans
- Letter to Editor - 2014: Canada on the Wrong Side of History
- Letter to Editor - 2014: Harper's False Choice for Middle East Peace
- Letter to Editor - 2014: Vote Your Conscience – Don’t Vote Strategically
- Letter to Editor - 2014: What About Gaelic, Mr. Fraser?
- Letter to Editor - 2015: 9/11 Not a Black and White Issue
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Baddeck Courthouse Vital
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Cubans Benefit from Obama’s Self-Interest
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Forget the Duffy Circus- MP Pensions a Real Election Issue
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Freedom of Speech and Caricature – Limits and Exceptions
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Government you Deserve
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Harper Supports Canadians Joining Israeli Military
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Harper’s Last Entitlement (memories of David Dingwall)
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Iran Justified in Opposing Inspections
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Khadr is PM’s Whipping Boy
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Monument to Imperialism’s Victims Overdue
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Motivation a key (John Baird’s History Lesson Overdue)
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Name all the Dead-Everyone Matters
- Letter to Editor - 2015: No Claw-backs for Baird
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Peter MacKay Bails Out
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Remember - Eternal War Motives: Power, Profit and Politics
- Letter to Editor - 2015: Syrian Refugees to Israel
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Haitian disaster assistance: aid or long-overdue debt?
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Israeli Legitimacy and the BDS Movement
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Kissinger’s Khmer Killing Fields
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Protective Stupidity Rules Nuclear Policy
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Questioning Shimon Peres’ Legacy
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Rebel "Poll" on Proportional Representation
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Terror Dolls of Haifa
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Trudeau's Israeli Status Quo
- Letter to Editor - 2016: Trump Infuriates U.S. Israeli Lobby
- Letter to Editor - 2017: In Defense of Celebrities - Hollywood Red Herrings Dipped in Crude Oil
- Letter to Editor - 2017: Khadr's award instructive for Canadians
- Letter to Editor - 2017: Kitts should lobby federal government, Canadian Taxpayers Federation to empower CRA to recover billions
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Baird's Gold Standard on Saudi Human Rights
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Canada and Israel
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Ford’s Cone of Climate Silence
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Ford’s Trumpish Tendencies
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Frum Poor Choice as Bannon Opponent in Munk Debate
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Harper Defines anti-Semitism by Assumption
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Helping Ideas Triumph over the Power of Money
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Recent Gaza Turmoil: Missing Context
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Recent Gaza Turmoil: Missing Context and Censorship
- Letter to Editor - 2018: Remembrance Day: The Guns did not Stop Firing
- Letter to Editor - 2019: Ford's Math Test a Political Ploy
- Letter to Editor - 2019: In 1919, Canada’s Guns Still Fired
- Letter to Editor - 2019: Israel's Attempts to Court Canada's Indigenous People
- Letter to Editor - 2019: Outrage misplaced over Canada’s UN Palestine vote
- Letter to Editor - 2019: Pension Debate Framing Undermines all Working People
- Letter to Editor - 2019: Teacher’s Strike against Ford’s Neo-Feudalism
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Review MacKay's Past (long version)
- Letter to Editor - 2020: America’s invasion of Iraq fuelled militant Islam
- Letter to Editor - 2020: CAF Needs More Generals and Admirals?
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Canada's U.N. Vote for Palestinian Rights
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Canadian Expediency Sinks UN Bid
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Double Standard on Iran
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Israel Demolishes Homes as its Allies Weaponize Anti-Semitism
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Meghan and Harry’s Canadian Subsidies
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Online Learning No Answer
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Peter MacKay’s Expedient Past
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Poppies Expose Hypocrisy of Canadian Arms Sales to Despots
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Royal Tourist Attraction Comes to Stay
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Trump's Usual Tricks
- Letter to Editor - 2020: Union-bashing Thriving
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Prince Philip’s Greatness was Pretty Ordinary
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Blanchet’s Awkward Presence Goes Unchallenged
- Letter to Editor - 2021: David Kilgour’s Iranian History
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Hamas' Rockets VS. The "Goliath" of Israel
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Minimum Wage Solution: Shift Corporate Subsidies to Small Business
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Mulroney Advises Dirty Hands for Trudeau and a Mask for O’Toole
- Letter to Editor - 2021: O’Toole’s Outhouse Problem
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Palestinian Autonomy Undermined by Canada
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Royalty both Trivial and Irrelevant
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Without Irony, Israel Condemns Hezbollah’s UN Violations
- Letter to Editor - 2021: Wounded Veterans Deserve Better
- Letter to Editor - 2022: Canada Must Stop Supporting Israeli Weapons Industry
- Letter to Editor - 2022: Israel Obstinately Rejects Legitimate Criticism
- Letter to Editor - 2022: Kissinger a Poor Choice for Ukrainian Conflict Resolution
- Letter to Editor - 2022: LaFlamme Ousted from CTV
- Letter to Editor - 2022: Taps Always Open for Private Profit at Public Expense
- Letter to Editor - 2022: Victoria Day Ripe for Royal Reflection
- Letter to Editor - 2022: War Remains a Permanent Feature of Human Existence
- Letter to Editor - 2023: Anonymous Shareholders Benefit from Canadian Taxpayer-funded Subsidies
- Letter to Editor - 2023: Canada's Support for Status Quo in Israel
- Letter to Editor - 2023: Canadian Legislator Harden’s Israel Comments not anti-Semitic
- Letter to Editor - 2023: Kissinger’s realpolitik: a legacy of strife and misery
- Letter to Editor - 2023: Price-Fixing Predictable Result of 1985 “Competition Act”
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Gaza Article Provides Broad but Incomplete Perspective
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Canada Stands by the U.S. in its Support of Genocide
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Hanson Misses the Point on University Free Speech
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Israel and ICC Arrest Warrants - Netanyahu Finally Accountable for his Conduct
- Letter to Editor - 2024: JNF’s loss of charitable status justified by its conduct
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Mulroney Ignored Working People - Made Canada a Harsher Place
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Remembrance Day -2024: Soldiers Used and Discarded by "Leaders"
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Trudeau’s Rhetoric Masks Official Support for Israeli Militarism
- Letter to Editor - 2024: UNIFIL Meant to Discourage Aggression by Presence Rather than Force
- Letter to Editor - 2024: Why Does Israel Insist on Armed Conflict?
- Letter to Editor - 2025: 2025 Royal Visit – Canada Still Deferring to Unaccountable Power
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Canada Must End its Complicity in Genocide
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Canada Needs to Use More Than Words Against Israel
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Canada on Israel’s Destruction of Gaza and its People: Bold Words - Zero Action
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Canadian Voters Misled by Mainstream Media on Middle East Affairs
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Hamas - Israel’s “Useful” Enemy
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Harper Unlikely to Share the Hardships He Advises for Fellow Canadians
- Letter to Editor - 2025: King Charles versus king Donald
- Letter to Editor - 2025: The Political Value of Worthy and Unworthy Victims - One wounded Ukrainian versus 400 dead Palestinians
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Trump Does Not Understand Fortitude of Palestinians
- Letter to Editor - 2025: Trump Should Apply to Enter Canada
- Letter to Editor -2022: Monarchy is Archaic
- Letter to Editor 2003 - Ottawa Citizen: David Frum Challenged
- Letter to Editor 2003 - Ottawa Citizen: Dressing Up Government
- Letter to Editor 2003 - Ottawa Citizen: Ernie Eves on the Road
- Letter to Editor 2007- Ottawa Citizen: MMA Explained
- Letter to Editor 2008 - Ottawa Citizen: Afghan Reasons
- Letter to Editor 2008 - Ottawa Citizen: French Citizenship in Quebec?
- Letter to Editor 2008 - Ottawa Sun: Creating Reality
- Letter to Editor 2008 - Xpress: Support Our Troops (shut up and wave your flag)
- Letter to Editor 2009 - Ottawa Citizen: Bike Lanes
- Letter to Editor 2009 - Ottawa Citizen: Harper's Poetry
- Letter to Editor 2010: Anarchists in Pinstripes
- Letter to Editor 2010: Clinton 2010-Reconditioned/Revisited
- Letter to Editor 2010: Israeli Stealth bombers
- Letter to Editor 2010: Let Voters Hear Viewpoints from all Twenty Candidates
- Letter to Editor 2010: Public Discourse on the Palestinian/Israeli Divide
- Letter to Editor 2010: Road to Middle East Peace Blocked by Cliches
- Letter to Editor 2010: Wikileakers Perform Public Service
- Letter to Editor 2011: Afghan Reasons
- Letter to Editor 2011: Khadr not War Criminal-What About Bush?
- Letter to Editor 2011: Mexican Drug War
- Letter to Editor 2011: Occupiers' Style a Useful Lesson in Participatory Democracy
- Letter to Editor 2011: Red Herring
- Letter to Editor 2011: Smog Denial
- Letter to Editor 2011: Sue Former Mayor O’Brien Over Cancelling Seimen’s Deal
- Letter to Editor 2012: C@P Capped – Corporate Welfare More Important
- Letter to Editor 2012: Humanity as Global Junkie-Five Planet Lifestyle
- Letter to Editor 2012: Ideology and Choices
- Letter to Editor 2012: Khadr VS Bush - Who's the real war criminal?
- Letter to Editor 2012: MP Pensions Off the Radar
- Letter to Editor 2012: Missing the Point of Occupy - Again
- Letter to Editor 2012: Royal Attrition Act of 2012
- Letter to Editor 2013: Chemical Weapons: Yes to Israel in Gaza – No to Assad in Syria
- Letter to Editor 2013: Divinity or Bovinity?
- Letter to Editor 2013: Equal Disclosure of Spending for all Who Receive Tax Benefits
- Letter to Editor 2013: Simon Kent’s Dead Pool
- Letter to Editor 2014: Jim Flaherty’s Future
- Letter to Editor 2014: Christmas Sanity 2014
- Letter to Editor 2014: Reason for 9/11
- Letter to Editor 2015: Historical Context of Gaza Conditions Missing From Coverage
- Letter to Editor 2020 - Covid 19 Causing an Ideological Shift
- Letter to Editor 2020 - Trade Unions Still Vital Today
- Letter to Editor 2020: Canada Should Emulate Argentina’s Wealth Tax
- Letter to Editor 2022 - Canada silent as Israel raids Palestinian human rights offices in West Bank
- Letter to Editor 2022 - Canadian government’s “working definition of antisemitism”
- Letter to Editor 2023 -Examine Monarchy’s Ideological and Political Role
- Letter to Editor- 2015: U.S. Juries Cross the Line on Palestine
- Letter to Editor- 2018: Doesn’t Cape Breton University Already Have a Ding-wall?
- Letter to the Editor - 2015: Adding Historical Perspective on Charlie Hebdo Attack
- Letter to the Editor - 2021: How about remembering our veterans with support, not just words?
- Letter to the Editor-2015: Federal Budget a Dodgy Shell Game