Oh the Humanities – Rants & Raves
There is a lot of talk about the Quebec university students who are protesting the proposed tuition hikes. A lot of the talk has centered around the violence committed by protesters, who have mostly been revealed More...
Stripping America’s Rights – Rants and Raves
Getting caught with your pants down is going to take on a whole new meaning in the States, as the Supreme Court has decided that all arrested suspects may be subject to a strip search, even for a minor offense. More...
Hold the Beef – Rants & Raves
It’s a good time to become a vegetarian in Canada. This is a point which pains me, as I have to admit that I’m a hamburgers and spaghetti kind of kid, but it looks like those childhood comfort foods More...
From Hi Ho to Ho-Hum – job apathy
There are a lot of career sites right now advocating that we should all go out there and achieve our goals. Helpful articles about training, retooling, strategizing, networking, using social networking and honing More...
The issue of wealth: money? time? freedom? privacy?
The Wealthy Barmaid may be an eye-catching title for an article which was posted to Yahoo’s website (http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/wealthy-barmaid-s-rrsp-is-2-income-properties.html)but a closer read of More...
Fighting the fighting issue in hockey
The Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, has spoken out against fighting in hockey, saying that it doesn’t have a role in the game that he so loves as a Canadian. He underlines the skill aspect of the More...
Skinny is not healthy – Rants & Raves
The Globe and Mail Hot Button blog, a column designed merely to get attention by shocking and appalling audiences, making it the Fox News of the website, ran a headline yesterday stating that family members should More...
The War on Christmas – Rants & Raves
The Colbert Christmas special last year featured country star Toby Keith singing a song about the War on Christmas, where he denounces the change from Christmas to Holiday and tries to take back Christmas for the More...
Suffer the little children (The spoiled brats of Halloween)
If there was a doubt in your mind as to whether or not children these days are spoiled, let it be swiftly erased with a look at a letter a group of children from Oshawa wrote to one of their neighbours the day after More...
Great reads for November 11th – Veteran’s Day
The following is a list of books that I recommend for any person interested in reading more about the two world wars. It’s by no means exhaustive, and there are many other great reads out there, but these More...
