By Dave McLean
So have you thought about how you’re going to get to Europe this summer if there’s only one major air carrier? Maybe you’re too busy worrying about getting back to school on time with the pending buyout of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada. Of course, since most of us live in Calgary, getting home for… Continue reading Coffee, tea, monopoly?
he Medical Post, a newspaper that most doctors throw away without reading, is making waves this week by publishing a survey it held of Canadian doctors. One in five doctors in Canada believe it is acceptable to clone humans.Oh, no. Hide the children. Lock the doors.People have knee-jerk reactions to new technology they don’t understand.… Continue reading Cloning is not a brave new world
By Brian Low
Russia has been shelling the Chechen capital of Grozny since last week. Russian forces appear to have directly attacked only some of the fleeing civilians. I guess things are looking up for noncombatants in Chechnya.Russia’s dispute with Chechnya is not a new one. The superpower and breakaway republic fought a bitter war from 1995-96. The… Continue reading Russia adopts domino theory
By Dave McLean
As we filled her vast orifices with any chunky metal we could find, it dawned on me that change was occurring. She struggled to take the last drop and finally collapsed under the pressure. The change wasn’t just here and now, but on a metaphysical level. We were trying to beat the system and it… Continue reading Brother can you spare a dime?
By Brian Low
Last Sunday marked the 10 year anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The fact it promotes basic human rights for children may explain why the vast majority of states signed it. It fails to explain, however, why so many do little to implement it.The convention is an international treaty designed… Continue reading Rights of the child
By Brian Low
Dressed in his military fatigues, flowing beard and stogie in his mouth, you may be surprised Fidel Castro ever practiced a profession other than Cuba’s dictator… unless you knew he was a lawyer. Man, this guy just can’t stay away from jobs where he profits from the misfortune of others.A few days ago, "el Commandant"… Continue reading Dual-purpose freedom
By Dave McLean
If the walk up to the front of the class doesn’t kill you, the exchange of superficial smiles and the transfer of pulp to your prof will. The exchange lasts only a brief second before you turn and head to the back of the room and your work. Your facial expression reveals all to your… Continue reading Here comes the sun, er, snow
Poor Linda Meyer. She just isn’t the best spokesperson for mammary activists.Meyer, who champions the right for women to bare their breasts in public, recently wrote the Vancouver Province telling them that "by publishing male nipples and refusing to publish mine, your newspaper is violating Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms." Then… Continue reading Boobs: everybody’s got ’em
By Brian Low
China’s Jiang Zemin is on tour. The leader of the world’s most populous nation just arrived in France after visiting Great Britain last week. There are calls for governments to refuse graceful diplomatic relations with Zemin due to China’s outrageous stance on human rights. Oddly enough, it makes good sense to ignore these petitions. Who… Continue reading Dialogue may help change China’s human rights practices
By Mike Steiner
Litigation may be our saving grace when legislation leaves us staring at the wrong end of a gun. Colt, famous maker of the all-American western six-shooter, is the first to fold under the pressure of 28 separate fierarms-related lawsuits. Lawyers demand compensation for cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, which suffer from enormous gun-related… Continue reading Making money can be a crime if people die