I wonder how and when we stopped studying for the sake of learning. Why must it be an investment? A must? A pressure?
Tag: News
Reality-checking the “fact checkers”
I’d like to challenge this assumption that fact checkers are a force for good, if only for a moment. Because after scratching beneath the surface, it doesn’t appear that “fact checkers” are any more reliable than the “facts” they’re checking…
Five First-Term Failures of Barack Obama
Every American general election that has taken place in my life time has come down to a choice between the lesser of two evils. Despite the first African American President’s several accomplishments, Barack Obama’s first administration has turned out to be more hype than hope.
#QC2012: Not the headline we were expecting
It was a tense election, but I didn’t think it would end this way. In the alley, behind Metropolis, one person on the ground, held there by cops making his gun visible to the cameras, another dead and another injured. PQ leader Pauline Marois, newly minted PM elect rushed off stage by security mid-speech. She had just won a minority government…
Canadian media’s environment ennui shapes national discourse
There were three environment stories in the media today that, though seemingly unrelated, are pretty typical of Canada’s environment news, at least under the Harper regime.
Quebec Solidaire and Montreal’s east end, a love story?
It’s a Tuesday evening in Mile End, and the restaurant is packed. Somewhere in the area of 150 people make it difficult to move. At the front of the room Amir Khadir, co-spokesperson for Quebec Solidaire, tells a joke and the room bursts into easy, appreciative laughter…
The New Age of Political Deceit
Most people would agree that finding a politician who lies is as standard as a coming across a man who pays taxes. After all, politicians are normally bred in a law school and unleashed upon the world. But while a legislator who lies isn’t all that new, the method and rate of how they fib has changed in the last dozen years.
Parti Québecois on constitutional thin ice
If there is one thing about this election that scares the shit of me—and should scare you as well—it’s the shocking declaration of the self-proclaimed savior of the increasingly-ugly PQ, Jean Francois Lisée.
America, fuck no
I’m terrified to open my computer. Whenever I do, my anxiety rises. I become edgy, frustrated, and sad. All hope for a bright future dissipates as I scroll my news feed for the umpteenth time. The root cause of this despair? America…