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Towards the end of the film Pirates of Silicon Valley — the mostly excellent, if quirky, nineties equivalent of The Social Network about Microsoft and Apple — Steve Jobs and Bill Gates get into...

In Saudi Arabia, women cannot drive, cannot use many facilities utilized by men and must receive a man’s written permission to open a bank account, travel or receive medical care. Apparently, the United Nation...

Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, has always been a controversial figure. Before becoming president he was dogged by allegations of corruption, rape and comments that he made claiming that to prevent HIV/AIDS...

RE: Multiple campuses create gap in university community (Nov. 17, 2010) One problem with big research universities is that they are centralized. Such centralization has several problems. Alfred North Whitehead once noted that the...

Dear Mr. Mayor, First let me congratulate you on winning a third term in office as Winnipeg’s mayor. You overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles, such as a city heaving under the weight of violent crime (a...

I hate the penny. I hate the way it clutters up the change pocket in my wallet, dozens of little copper coins taunting me while I push past them in search of that toonie...

Libertarianism and communism are theoretical opposites with a lot in common. Both theories originate from a system of ethics, both involve massive societal change, and the only way either of them work is if...