It’s time for a good ole revolution. Well, sort of. In what is being compared to the Arab Spring, the left in the U.S. have finally begun taking to the streets to protest against . . . something. Okay, it’s not 100 per cent clear what exactly they are protesting against or for, but that [...]
Last month will always be remembered as the beginning of an historic new chapter in the Israel-Palestine saga. On Sept. 23, an application from the Palestinian Authority for full statehood began winding its way through the UN Security Council. It may be many months before a decision is reached, but in any event, relations between [...]
The entire world was shocked as news spread of the devastating bombing and shooting massacre that occurred in Oslo, Norway on July 22. Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik planted a car bomb near a government office in Oslo and then proceeded to travel to the island that housed a youth camp run by the country’s Labour [...]
One morning a few weeks back I woke up to note that the world was on fire. It seemed peculiar at the time, but I carried on as I typically do since I had lectures to attend that day. After my usual breakfast routine, I ventured out into the crackling inferno and commenced my daily [...]
It was saddening to see that 26 Shiite pilgrims were brutally killed in southwest Pakistan. In what was another in a long line of killings, the gunmen ordered pilgrims off their bus, lined them up and assassinated them. A banned radical militant Islamic organization has claimed responsibility for the attack. Twenty-six people were shot in [...]
In a recent news article in the Manitoban, the topic of creating a new racialized student representative came up once again. I have written on this topic before, in an article entitled “Don’t Divide by Race.” In that article, I described my concern with a position that could potentially divide students into two groups, and [...]
It can be easy to take for granted the fact that we have the right to freely market our skills. If you are seeking a master’s in business administration (MBA), you will be able to market yourself to countless businesses; if you are an artist, you will be free to share your work and attempt [...]
I’ve come to the disturbing conclusion that Canadians in general and the Conservative Party of Canada in particular can’t count. Here are some examples: -Between 2006 and May 2011 Stephen Harper and his Conservatives led two minority Parliaments, and yet they tried to run this country as if they had a majority of the seats [...]
The last two weeks of August saw India go through an unprecedented people’s movement, an Arab Spring of sorts. Maybe you have heard of the 74-year-old Anna Hazare, social activist and prime mover of a recent anti-corruption stir. Following a 288-hour fast in protest of government corruption, he is currently being touted as a Gandhi-come-again [...]
Capitalism is a system based on trust and mutually beneficial trade. You trade time and productivity to your employer for money. You trade that money with a business for a product you want. The money you trade has no real value unless you and the person you are trading with agree that it has value. [...]