By Вen Li
It isn’t difficult to make the label ‘mindless drivel’ stick to much television content, but mindless moments are vital to our survival and if we get 120 channels of it instead of three, we are better off. Decline-of-civilization alarmists blame television for dumbing down our culture, pointing to our herd-like fixation as evidence of our… Continue reading A million channels and nothing on
Of all the ideas Christians have stolen, Christmas is certainly my favourite. Yet every year a cynical minority make two complaints against Christmas. First, why should they celebrate it when they don’t even believe in the birth of “Christ.” Second, Christmas has lost all meaning as a result of commercialization. Feel downtrodden no more, weathered… Continue reading Sun worship and other Christmas traditions–Everything you never knew about Charlie Brown’s favourite holiday
Canada’s threats to depart from the United Nation’s World Conference Against Racism on the grounds that Israel is being unfairly singled out for punishment shows a disappointing, though not surprising, lack of vision on behalf of the Canadian government. Their premise for withdrawing has a grain of reason–the conference should be about more than the… Continue reading Opposing Israeli policies not anti-semitic
A savage and cowardly crime was witnessed over the weekend. A captive German Shepherd was shot in the head, skinned and the blood was drained from it. The criminals then proceeded to chop the carcass into large chunks, roast it and place it on their table for dinner. Well, it wasn’t a dog actually. It… Continue reading The thinking man’s choice
With the federal election looming at the end of this month, many Canadians are thinking of voting like they think of taking up jogging. A nice idea, but probably not gonna happen. This apathy might go some way towards explaining why environmental issues have fallen off the political radar screen for Calgarians. As we roll… Continue reading Environment lost in lieu of taxes
With an economy smaller than California’s and a population around a tenth of our Southern neighbours’, the results of the American federal election will have a profound impact on Canada, as they will on the world. In one corner,Gorebot, accused of having a Styrofoam personality and a tall-tale tendency that makes you wonder if his… Continue reading Dubya the style, Gore the substance