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Good & Evil
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Good and evil. In politically correct discussion, it is often frowned upon to use those terms. We often hear people say, “You can’t look at the world in black and white,” or “Everything is...
I am a hunter, not a criminal
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Every year, at the end of October, my father and I head up to the old family farm in southwestern Manitoba and participate in an age-old Mirecki tradition: deer hunting. As I write this...
Why we must remember
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This Nov. 11 we once again paused to remember our men and women in uniform who have layed down their lives for our freedom and human rights. We took the traditional two minutes of...
If Canada cares about child soldiers
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A few weeks ago Omar Khadr, the last remaining Western citizen being held by the Americans at Guantanamo Bay, pleaded guilty to all charges against him. Regardless of whether you think Khadr is innocent...
The father of Turkey
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was born in the Ottoman city in Salonika in 1881, was Turkey’s most beloved hero and the founder of the Republic of Turkey. Atatürk (1881-1938) was a Turkish army officer,...
Fatties fuck too
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On Oct. 25, 2010 an article appeared on the website of Marie Claire entitled “Should ‘Fatties’ Get a Room? (Even on TV?).” The author, Maura Kelly, inspired by the TV show Mike & Molly,...
Why do children starve?
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Why do children starve? After removing all my cynicism and political-minded hoo-ha, I really don't understand it. Forget the government, forget unfair distribution on a global scale, forget greed — in a land as...
