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Why the world needs Star Wars

After the dismal experience of the prequel trilogy, people came to speak of Star Wars with disdain. An entire community, long dreaming of an experience akin to the grand unfolding…

In conversation with the Hitch

Watching Trumbo this past week, starring John Goodman, Louis C.K., as well as Bryan Cranston playing the titular role of the American screenwriter blacklisted due to his communist sympathies, I…

Christmas, perhaps, doesn’t come from a church

Don’t let the Christ in Christmas fool you . . . this is a season to celebrate humanity, not divinity. Admittedly, the narratives might be pulled from religious sources, but the “true meaning” of…

Eclectic Affinities: The moral imperative to accept refugees

Canada has a moral imperative to accept refugees. It’s actually incredible that this article has to be written. Notice that it’s times like these that the politically ignorant and the…

Real solutions are needed at COP21

In February of this year, Republican Senator Jim Inhofe threw a snowball on the floor of the American Senate in a spectacle intended to debunk the scientific consensus on climate…

Facing climate change demands an interdisciplinary approach

On Dec. 7, our new Prime Minister will be in Paris with a team of Canadian leaders to work out a new international agreement on climate change. Most Canadians want…

Where is the safe space for autistics?

The fatal shooting at a community college in Umpqua, Ore. on Oct. 1 was a tragedy that rocked the United States, and deeply affected everyone who watched it unfold. Once…

Eclectic Affinities: In defence of longer campaigns

A constant point of throat-clearing from pundits and politicians this past election was its sheer length. The tone was mostly negative; the 42nd general election, weighing in at 78 days,…

Actually, this is Halloween

Someone, who for purposes of anonymity shall be referred to herewith as Old Misery Guts, has declared war on Halloween. Old Misery Guts hates this holiday, and everything related to…

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