Saving Your Fingers
It was a cold night, even for October. I had brought gloves and a scarf, and my pea coat had buttons I knew how to…
2013
These are the Lines They Make in the Light
At night I hang my paper dolls across the ceiling – they sway like dancing children by the open window They are charcoal slivers when…
Many Little Eyes
The other day I ran across a naked man who had a rather wide beard. I was in the field, cutting hay, and he came…
DECEMBER 2014
People are dying all around me. Food is scarce, water sources are undrinkable and running out. Winter is about to hit us hard. There are…
Notable political economist Leo Panitch in Winnipeg
Last Wednesday evening at the Fort Garry Hotel, the Global Political Economy (GPE) program at the University of Manitoba hosted a lecture by Leo Panitch….
The science of music
It is said that music has a much more precise vocabulary for describing its objects than any other art. This allows us to talk scientifically…
All this machinery, making modern music
Örjan Sandred is a professor of composition at the University of Manitoba’s Marcel A. Desautels faculty of music. His music involves the use of computers,…
The Iranian nuclear deal: rapprochement or realpolitik
Iran and the five permanent members of the security council, the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the U.K., the U.S., and Germany) reached an agreement on…
NHL players file lawsuit claiming brain injuries and negligence
On Nov. 25, nine retired NHL players filed a class-action lawsuit against the NHL for failing to protect players from the effects of repeated brain…
Big Horns bring huge impact
If you have attended a U of M Bisons home game on a Friday night, you’ve definitely seen—or at the very least heard—the Big Horns….