Ignorance is bliss
Congratulations! If you have managed to stand up, walk over to a Manitoban stand and pick up a copy of this paper then there is…
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Over the sea and back again
It is winter as you walk through the streets of St. Petersburg. The snow drifts gently down, quietly blanketing the canals and bridges on your…
This is no Disney movie
Recently, Praxedis G. Guerrero, Mexico, has been under international scrutiny for a reason other than drugs and violence. Last week, Marisol Valles Garcia, a 20-year-old…
Letters to the Editor – Nov. 3, 2010
RE: Those damned election signs (Oct. 20, 2010) I couldn’t agree more that those dreaded election signs are nothing if not impolite and ugly to…
Economies Gone Wild
Let’s take a look at the economy in a few other parts of the world and their effect in North America. In the first week…
Our daily bread
It has been said, “No good deed goes unpunished.” I’ve recently seen the wisdom in those words firsthand. The incident in question occurred last week….
Find municipal politics a little boring?
Another municipal election is here. Yet, besides an occasional lawn sign or article tucked somewhere in the newspaper, it would not be difficult to forget…
Capitalism wasn’t destroyed in a day
Soon after starting The Plan, I realized how tiresome it would become and how complicated it was to answer the question, “So, what do you…
A triumph of courage
The terrible plight of 33 Chilean miners gripped the attention of people around the world. It has been estimated that over 1 billion people were…
If you don’t vote, don’t complain
As students, there is rarely a time in our lives when we do not have something to complain about. Anything from long lines at Starbucks,…