Why Iran and Israel should not be linked
U.S. President Barack Obama is running on a treacherous path — one that has never yielded and will not yield anything but despair. Obama, the…
international affairs
Sharing minds
We bring greetings from across the sea! We are Engineers Without Borders, and this week we are spotlighting one of our wonderful long-term volunteers working…
The revolution will not be classicized
Set against an orange background, a wheel-less pink vintage Buick is represented in the painting “La Patera” (“The Raft,” 2002) by Armando Marino. The car…
Concubines and conquerors
Winnipeg author Margaret Sweatman’s book, The Players, is not something I would recommend for my mom to read. That having been said, I loved reading…
Water belongs to everyone, and to no one
Without water, we would be without life. In 2002, the United Nations adopted water as a basic human right. However, on a daily basis, the…
Fort Hood shooting, an inexcusable crime
On Nov. 5, Major Nidal Hasan, a psychiatrist in the United States Army, opened fire on his fellow servicemen in Fort Hood, Texas, resulting in…
Essentially a Playlist : Fighting the good fight
At the 11th hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we’re asked to remember — lest we forget — the sacrifice of those…
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…
He came. He saw. He gaffed.
Sir Salman Rushdie, the only writer thrice crowned Booker winner , paid Winnipeg a little visit on Oct. 22. The controversial British writer was here…
The sky is falling
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Chicken Little’s famous saying, in my opinion, is the message I receive every day when I watch…