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Egypt down, Libya to go
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You have definitely heard of Egypt's democracy movement. Now it's Libya's turn. The countries are right beside each other and share a lot of their history, culture and geography. Each also had an oppressive...
Letters to the Editor – March 16, 2011
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A thank you to the University of Manitoba community
I thank all of the compassionate people who have given me their seat on the bus, or waited until the ramp has been lowered rather than...
Building an anti-apartheid activist
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Like most people, I have a tough time caring about events and issues that don't directly influence me or my immediate surroundings. I don't think this makes us bad people; it just makes us...
The red herring of apartheid
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Language can be a strangely powerful tool. A single word may reference a whole range of cultural phenomena and inspire happiness, shock, anger and everything else in between.
This is no secret — all...
Getting shit done
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I love the current Harper Government. I hope we can somehow rid ourselves of this cumbersome democracy once and for all and finally establish Stephen Harper as supreme monarch of Canada. King Harper could...
Letters to the Editor – March 9, 2011
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RE: “Won’t somebody think of the children?” (March 2nd, 2011)
I just wanted to congratulate Sheldon on a great article on salvia, and drugs in general.
I'm not one for looking up facts to support...
Political prisoner or thief?
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On Dec. 27, 2010, Russian business oligarch, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, were charged with embezzlement and money laundering from Yukos Oil and were sentenced to seven years in a Siberian...
