Step right up! Step right up!
“Opinions are like assholes — everyone has one, and it stinks.” — American proverb The sickly sweet scent of rotting roses greets my nose each…
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Carbon credits and Joe 12-pack
Joseph is a habitual alcoholic. Each day he makes the short walk to the local beer vendor to purchase a dozen frosty beers. Because he…
Letters to the Editor – November 11, 2009
RE: Parking at the U of M Regarding Jeff Hadley’s Comment of October 28, 2009: Nobody owes you a parking spot. Jeff Palmer RE: Bison…
Jets grounded
The Jets are coming! The Jets are coming! Well, hold on there little Jimmy, not so fast. While there may indeed be a team moved…
How my life changed, over lunch
As a result of the International Centre for Students World Opportunities Week and Beyond our Borders Project’s efforts, on Oct. 28, I had the pleasure…
Healthcare in the US, a private affair
On Feb. 18, 1971 President Nixon announced, “I am proposing today a new national health strategy. The purpose of this program is simply this. I…
Different day, different action
On Nov. 5, students and community members will rally at U of M, U of W and the legislature for the annual Students’ Day of…
Musical memory or rummy remembrance?
Is it possible for people to go two hours without drinking? I do not think so. I refuse to believe that people refrain from “pre-gaming”…
Never give up
Allow me to commence this “comment” with characteristic self-absorption. Perhaps this is self-evident, but I am a man of eminence, of success. Indeed, my appetite…
“What’s a paragraph?”
It was mid-September. I had just set off from my house that morning on foot, living only a couple of blocks away from my practicum…