Tag: Voice

By Adam McArthur

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. To most of us, it is simply a stellar Van Halen album from the post-Diamond Dave era. However, it has been brought to my attention that some unsavoury characters have taken to using this acronym in a less than Christian context. These monsters of dialect distortion have been using the word… Continue reading Understanding over ignorance

By Adam McArthur

Somebody kill the mike. Well, somebody did. There is plenty of Canadian comedic talent that makes it big in show business. Carrey, Fox, MacDonald, Aykroyd and O’Hara to name a few. But look for Canadian funny folk succeeding without crossing to the wrong side of the tracks and the selection is much less abundant. Those… Continue reading Axing Bullard hurts Canadian talent

By John Leung

It’s almost been a month since I left Calgary and arrived here in Sydney, and through that time it has been a complete roller coaster of emotions. At first, I was totally happy that I was leaving the terrible weather of Calgary for the tropical climate of Sydney. In this cosmopolitan and modern city, I… Continue reading A letter from Sydney

By Vance Seeley

“Movies ain’t as good as they used to be,” is an all too common refrain. To these people I would say “ain’t’ isn’t a word” and let them know they’re only half-true. You see, it’s not movies that aren’t as good as they used to be, it’s movie theaters–though after seeing Torque I might revise… Continue reading Movies are expensive. Deal.

By Stephane Massinon

For the last three and a half years, American liberals have been eagerly anticipating the upcoming presidential election and the opportunity to show George W. Bush the door. Yet, as many of them have been figuring out, all is not well in the world of democracy. As the jockeying for position to become the next… Continue reading Nader Nader Nader Nader Mushroom!

By Adam McArthur

I don’t care that there will be a tape delay. I don’t care that time and tax dollars have been used to debate the issue. I don’t even care that this is the second time in a week that the public has been deemed too immature to watch television and make their own decisions. But… Continue reading French dislike perception of using defensive measures

By John Leung

When someone says the word Australia, what comes to mind? The classics always come first: koalas, dingoes, kangaroos, Foster’s, Crocodile Dundee and the Crocodile Hunter. But what is the real Australia like, beyond all those stereotypes and symbols we’ve come to associate with Australians and their country?After what has been almost a year and a… Continue reading Going

By Chris Beauchamp

I found a short news item in The Globe and Mail last month. It was buried at the bottom of page 16, sandwiched between two much larger advertisements. The headline? “Global warming huge threat, study says.” According to the story, a quarter of all life on earth could be extinct by 2050 because of global… Continue reading Climate change ignored

By John Leung

Do the social sciences deserve the word “science” connected to them? Critics argue no because of many flaws, yet they fail to make critical connections that prove otherwise. There are indeed many connections between the so-called natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, etc.) and the social sciences linking these two disciplines together. The Merriam-Webster definition… Continue reading Another take on science

By Adam McArthur

‘Are they getting louder or just dumber?’ “Dumber, sir.” That would be Mayor Quimby questioning an aide if the crowd outside his office were as unbelievable as they sounded. They wanted the “Bear Patrol” but didn’t want to pay the “Bear Tax.” The solution, or perhaps the problem, was too many immigrants keeping taxes too… Continue reading Mentality of the mob