By Kyle Young
Zionism. Homosexuality. Nazism. War. America. Terrorism. Abortion. Feminism. Communism. What do these terms have in common? They each possess the rare quality of eliciting anger in the general public, which itself is nothing special. However, the power of these words is that regardless of what is said about them, a visible slice of the population… Continue reading Political correctness: a socially destructive force
This column is about cheap advertising and a guy named Eddie. It’s about the value of distracting yourself, and it’s about having fun too. It begins with "I know a guy named Eddie.""So do I," you say. But my Eddie is special-believe me.Listen: Eddie is the master of having fun. He is the master of… Continue reading Finding your “inner Eddie”
In November 1983, National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was at a refugee camp just outside Peshawar in Pakistan. At the camp, he came across Alam Bibi, whose picture he snapped. The picture came to grace the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic and has been seen by millions since. If I said… Continue reading The story behind the eyes
By Kyle Young
How many times over the past few months have you heard that violence is not the answer? How many times have you seen signs protesting American action in Afghanistan, or Israeli action against Palestine? It seems that pop-protester culture has once again blindly latched onto another cause to rage against-war.When I sit back and watch… Continue reading Naive pacifists deny war’s necessity
It took a late Wednesday evening complete with beer and futbol to realize that "I am Canadian!" doesn’t fully apply to me. Dual citizenship and all, sometimes I just can’t pull it off.I was at the Den, it was about 9 p.m. and the semifinals of the Gold Cup were on TV. Canada against the… Continue reading Appalling lack of futbol culture
By Kyle Young
Surveying today’s popular culture, one arrives at an astonishing and frightening conclusion: the majority of it sucks. We are dominated by a force more terrible than Orwell’s Big Brother, a force that eats away at the very substance of our society. It is a force commonly referred to as "pop music."Many regard art as the… Continue reading Britney and her ilk will be society’s downfall
Another Alliance MP has left the caucus. Joe Peschisolido, member for Richmond, has left Stockwell Day’s sinking ship not to sit with Joe Clark’s Conservatives but tp make a deal with Satan himself.That’s right, he’s crossed the floor to the Liberals and Jean Chrétien. Peschisolido included his increasing disillusionment with the Alliance leadership situation and… Continue reading A fool at the helm means failure
Here’s something you don’t hear many girls say: If it wasn’t for procreation, I would be a lesbian. Now this doesn’t have anything to do with my so-called obsession with Britney Spears, I’ve just officially given up on the male population for reasons most of you would agree with.Guys are too simple. There doesn’t seem… Continue reading Parading idiots and babbling fools
Froot Loops and bagels, that’s what the Americans are feeding the prisoners of war captured in the "War on Terrorism." Only thing is, the Yanks say the Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters are not prisoners of war. Apparently, they are "unlawful combatants."According to Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention, PoWs are members of an armed… Continue reading An American semantic carte blanche
Good stories often border on the ridiculous, so consider this one.At the beginning of my second year at your friendly student newspaper, I was appointed interim Sports Editor. I didn’t know how to write, didn’t know how to edit and certainly didn’t understand the world I was about to enter. I had just come back… Continue reading December’s welcome twist of fate