What do the 2016 US Presidential candidates eat? What do their gastronomic ways say about their presidential personality? Though it only lasted five months, our […]
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Bernie in Rome: An Unexpected Political Win
On paper, it must have looked like a really bad political move: an invitation any seasoned political strategist would know to politely decline. Sending your […]
Where the Current Crop of US Primary Presidential Candidates Stand on Food Issues
Where do the Republican front-running prez brigade stand on food policy? What do the Democratic presidential candidates say when it comes to important food issues? More than most other […]
Leurs Guerres, Nos Morts: Paris, Beirut, Syria and Beyond
In this past week Beirut, Bagdad, Paris and most of Syria were the epicentres of yet another gruesome chapter of the war on terror. The […]
Donald Trump: Future US President or Dictator?
Donald Trump is in the news once again, and this time, he’s gone a little too far. Since the first Republican Debate, the business mogul […]
John Oliver Interviews Edward Snowden in Russia and Breaks Down the NSA Story to Dick Pics (VIDEO)
In what has to be one of the most fascinating must-watch pieces of television produced in the last little while, John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden […]
Idiocy and Bigotry in Indiana: Religious Freedom Restoration Act Violates Human Rights
I am a human being and a citizen of the United States, and more importantly a citizen of the Earth. I live in a free […]
Hey, Canadian Media Companies, Instead of Letters, Try Offering Something Better
So it looks like some people who have been downloading movies and TV shows illegally are going to get letters. That’s right, not even emails. […]
Ferguson – The Grand Hypocrisy: Legitimate violence, ideology and the American Dream
The news that came after the ‘grand’ deliberation of the jury last night in response to the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by […]
Humpty dumpty goes to war: Harper wants intervention in Iraq
So, here we go again. Thirteen years after the tragedy at the World Trade Center on September 11, and eleven years after the beginning of the Second Gulf War, a […]