W e’re dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal and endowed by our creator with inalienable rights. No country ever had a greater cause than that.– John McCain “Al-Qaeda terrorists still plan to inflict catastrophic harm on America and he [Obama] is worried that someone won’t read them their rights.”– Sarah Palin These… Continue reading Palin and the new American leadership
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The quest to be lucrative–not illegal
As the student population preps to get wildly–though with luck not criminally–drunk on Bermuda Shorts Day, a similar situation presents itself as a new private health clinic in Calgary aims to be lucrative, not illegal. The Copeman Healthcare Centre is set to open its doors in Calgary this coming fall. The clinic will cater to… Continue reading The quest to be lucrative–not illegal
Of big bangs and expensive lawyers
In the interest of solving some of the riddles that physics has struggled with for a long time, a group of scientists in Switzerland is getting ready to experiment with colliding particles. There is much anticipation this experiment could provide the scientific community with a great deal of knowledge they can’t otherwise acquire. Some fear,… Continue reading Of big bangs and expensive lawyers
The heavy cost of happiness
Food is not the only thing that one can swallow to get fat. In a society reeling from both rampant depression and obesity, the news that the medicines used to treat the former can exacerbate the latter is cruel comedy. Tucked to the side of the front page on the Mon., Mar. 31 edition of… Continue reading The heavy cost of happiness
Media need to focus on policy, not mud-slinging
Almost like the time I told my teacher that I was late for class because the police ticketed me for riding my bicycle at 100 kilometres per hour, Hillary Clinton landed in hot water this week when she was called out on a statement. The only difference is that Clinton is running for the Democratic… Continue reading Media need to focus on policy, not mud-slinging
Violence on the sub-continent
Sadly, the fevered rumours of violence in India are not just the fantasies of malarial dreams. They are the all-too-real reports resulting from a rapidly-industrializing state’s struggles with development and the desperately impoverished that are being left out. Maharshtra is the most economically viable state in India. Home to Mumbai (Bombay), it is also rapidly… Continue reading Violence on the sub-continent
Out with King Ralph, in with Emperor Ed
Sifting through the papers has made it apparent that something went weird in Monday’s election. Perhaps something went weird before Monday’s election. In any case, something went weird. Mar. 4 saw the crowning of a new king of Alberta–this time the much maligned Ed Stelmach. Prior to the election, this man was getting beat around… Continue reading Out with King Ralph, in with Emperor Ed
Students shut out of democratic process
With the sincerity of a pornographer in front of an obscenity board, students are encouraged to vote. Mar. 3, 2008 will see the first provincial election since King Ralph abdicated his throne. In addition to offering the province a chance to pass judgement on a leader who has elicited considerable controversy, this election presents students… Continue reading Students shut out of democratic process
Imprisoning academics isn’t write
With Europe already fussing over Turkey’s less-than-progressive freedom of expression laws, a Turkish court has decided to do the country’s hopes of joining the European Union a favour by… sentencing an academic? On Mon. Jan. 28, a Turkish court sentenced professor Atilla Yayla to a 15-month suspended jail term. He was charged with making defamatory… Continue reading Imprisoning academics isn’t write
The Monarch and the Military
For those in the army, disregarding the woman on the coins can bring a lot of trouble. Canadian Armed Forces Captain Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh found this out the hard way. In 2001, the officer–a professor of physics at the Royal Military Academy–attempted to gain exemption from the military’s mandatory swearing of loyalty to the… Continue reading The Monarch and the Military