Question political propaganda

Political ads may be sharp criticisms of a candidate or party, but they tell an incomplete story, often leaving out inconvenient details. They claim...

Woohoo, boohoo

Woohoo: baby steps I respect the crap out of people who stand up for their principles. To do so is, at its deepest level, to...

5 Old Technologies You Should Be Using

Typewriters. If you’ve never used a typewriter before, you might be surprised by how much work you’ll end up doing before you even get...

Abbotsford vs. Homeless

Society is reflected in how it treats its poorest citizens, the most vulnerable who could often use a hand up when they’re knocked down...

New years resolutions? Meh.

So you’re standing in a room surrounded by several of your friends, drink in hand, and grinning from ear to ear. Perhaps you’ve taken...

Finding sense in anarchy

Thousands of Brazilian teachers and students continue to act as the vanguard against austerity measures by President Dilma Rousseff’s government. In reaction to the...

Sorry, Snapchat

So you’ve got the latest phone and have just downloaded all the latest apps. Aside from the basics — Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter —...

Mr. Right-Wing: Stuck with Harper

Over the Christmas break, I received a surprising piece of mail. It was a letter from the federal NDP, wondering which of the party...

Safety in surveillance

In June 2013, former American National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposed a series of government-led, top-secret surveillance programs that collected data and supposedly...

Woohoo, Boohoo

Woohoo: chill Charlies I admire people who know how to relax, who can organize themselves enough to separate their days efficiently into work and play....