Don’t be a part of partisanism

The term ‘partisan politics’ has been a staple of the public lexicon for several decades now; it refers to people who would rather have...

Pro-life group got all the free speech it deserved

    Mary-Claire Turner’s Opinions piece two weeks ago is a pertinent reminder that the conservatives who screech loudly about free speech usually have the least...

Gondola delay ignores danger, inefficiency

I think humanity took a major downturn when we started paying for things before delivery. At least when the producer of goods has to...

Kill retail rudeness with smiles

In the retail industry, employers constantly emphasize the importance of customer service. No, scratch that: they want ‘above-and-beyond’ customer service. With so many competitors...

CFS settlement gag order an insult to students

  I won’t bore you with a history of the legal dispute between the Simon Fraser Student Society and the Canadian Federation of Students; one...

The local dating scene is just fine

Vancouver Magazine recently published an article titled “Do Vancouver Men Suck?” that’s gained a bit of traction. Upon first skim, it might have put...

Leave vegetarian stress behind

After nearly four years of soy milk and bean salad, I finally took the plunge — I shed the tofu-y confines of vegetarianism, and,...

Of cowboys and samurai

When responding to a remake, it’s tempting to judge it on a binary comparative: is it better, worse, or as good as its source?...

Settlement salvation

Now that the bickering is done and the SFSS is really, really sorry they used their own referendum rules and not those of the...

21st Century Democracy – The changing face of democracy

It started in Tunisia late in 2010, it spread to Egypt and the rest of the Middle East, soon it made its way west,...