As the news set in over Iowa yesterday, flashbacks of Monday night’s Democratic and Republican primaries were playing on loop on every TV screen in the state. The […]
Year: 2016
The Uncertainty of Death and Taxes: What it Means to Be Legally Dead in Canada
American founding father Benjamin Franklin once said that the only certain things in this world are death and taxes. Over the past few years the […]
Like Marinating Fish in the Pan: Savouring the Essence of the US Presidential Primaries
Thanks to the confluence of fracturing geopolitics and disenchantment with all things Capital, the blizzardy state of Iowa is something of a hot treat for us Canucks. We’ve […]
David Bowie on the Future of the Internet in 1999: He Was Absolutely Correct (VIDEO)
The internet has been mourning and remembering David Bowie ever since news of his passing broke a week ago. Amidst all the sharing of classic […]
Alan Rickman’s Solidarity: Beyond Snape and Hans
Thursday we got news of the passing of theatre and film legend Alan Rickman, just days after fellow Brit artist David Bowie lost his battle […]
Credible Persecution: How Refugee Claims are Decided in Canada
With the escalation of the conflict in Syria, the developed world has faced increasing pressure to accept the ensuing refugees. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has […]
Hot Tramp, I Loved You So: RIP David Bowie (1947-2016)
There are stars, legends, and then there’s David Bowie. I was speechless. My roommate got a text from her best friend that read “David Bowie […]
What a Donald Trump Event in Burlington Tells Us That the DNC Won’t
Last night, Donald Trump took his travelling Muslim-bashing, racist-baiting, headline-grabbing roadshow to a place that few probably expected it would go: the Flynn Center in […]
The Legal Side of Canada’s Spanking Debate
In the old days “spare the rod and spoil the child” was considered an adequate parenting technique. It was based on the notion that not […]