Keep Christ in Christmas
A controversy that presents itself to many Christians in our present time is the transformation of the meaning of Christmas and how it has changed…
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Science vs. art, reality vs. meaning
So I’ve been around the university block. My degree may say “bachelor of arts,” but I’d call my education “broad” — perhaps “flip-flopped,” even, or…
Movember, A Mo-emoir.
Haven’t been without a beard in more than a decade. My face is furious for thrusting it into this cold bright world unprepared.The wife has…
Europe must federalize
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CUP) — There is only one proper remedy to what ails Europe, and it is certainly not tripling tuition fees and cutting pensions…
A lack of focus
Anarchists can be a funny lot. Just when you think you have them pegged — distrust of authority, distaste for hierarchy, a far-more-than-healthy suspicion of…
It’s what’s on the outside that counts
Like the great debates of human history, the secret to confidence and success is argued as though divided into two mutually exclusive camps. “Clothing makes…
No mo’? No problem!
No-shave November 2011, more commonly referred to as “Movember,” has finally concluded. As the visionary and captain of the Manitoban’s official Movember team, I would…
From revolution to freedom?
I woke up this morning to the news that a good friend’s brother-in-law was shot in the head in Tahrir Square last night. He has…
A healthy debate
Earlier this semester, provincial legislation was passed that will grant international students attending university in the province, as well as their dependants, the same healthcare…
The new Middle East
As I prepare to head back to Doha, Qatar after a six month hiatus in lovely Winnipeg, I appear to be going back to a…