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- Vinod Joseph, Author Of Hitchhiker Live At Epic India
When I was first approached by Ashok Banker to help him set up an Arts & Culture Magazine at his...
- Book Review: Devices Of The Soul Steve Talbott
Since the industrial revolution of the 1800s the world has gone through massive technological changes. From the cotton gin of...
- Interview: Vinod Joseph George: Author Of Hitchhiker
In North America we tend to preserve outdated and romantic ideas about countries that have no bearing on reality. Whether...
- Canadian Politics: Alleged Terrorists Released From Jail
The results of the Supreme Court of Canada's overturning the use of security certificates to hold refugee applicants in permanent...
- Canadian Politics: Vimy Ridge To Afghanistan: The Lie Remains The Same
Ninety years ago Canadian soldiers went over the top at Vimy Ridge in France during that great waste of...
- India: Development At What Cost?
I recently reviewed a book called Hitchhiker by Vinod George Joseph. To be honest with you, I was...
- Book Review: Hitchhiker Vinod George Joseph
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Affirmative action programs seem to be surrounded by controversy the world over. In North America, African Americans and women have...
- Book Review: Death Comes For The Fat Man By Reginald Hill
Indomitable, indefatigable, and inflexible have all been words to describe the Mid –Yorkshire constabulary's Andy Dalziel. But more surprising is...
- Canadian Politics: Torture In Afghanistan
Most of us take pride in the country of our birth, even if on occasion we don't agree with those...
- DVD Review: Favela Rising
Rio de Janeiro, home of Sugar Loaf Mountain, white sandy beaches, beautiful half naked people, a magnificent statue of Jesus...
- European Union: New Treaty Reduces Greenhouse Gases by 20 Per-Cent
On Friday evening The European Union issued a statement announcing a new agreement aimed at cutting greenhouse gases and emissions....
- I Was A Twenty-Something Security Risk
I have a confession to make. Those of you who have a passing acquaintance with my opinions etc, might not...
- Satire: New Attempt At Peace: United Nations Resolution 929
In what has to be the closest vote on record at the United Nations, resolution 929 was finally passed. In...
- Food Suplements: What Are They Good For?
The last time I was in to see my pain specialist, we discussed the idea that I should consider taking...
- Canadian Politics: Nine Year Old Canadian Detained In Texas
Sometimes there are stories you read in the paper that let you know just how far the world has drifted...
- Satire: Art For Sale
Psst, hey buddy. Yeah you…do you see me looking at anyone else…hey don't get pissed, it's just my way, don't...
- Music Review: Intelligence Failure Buckethead & Viggo Mortensen
Probably from the beginning of military history the words Military Intelligence have generated hilarity among common soldiers. Learning not to...
- Book Review: Linger Viggo Mortensen
linger: 1. To stay on as if reluctant to leave. 2. To proceed in a slow manner; dawdle. 3. To...
- Book Review: The Song Of Kahunsha Anosh Irani
A child who has nothing else can at least dream. He or she can dream that one day they will...
- Book Review: Miyelo by Viggo Mortensen
When they came to your land you gave them what they needed. Soon they began to take without asking, and...
- Yet Another Sexually Transmitted Disease
For those of you still under the delusion that HIV and the AIDS virus are the only sexually transmitted diseases...
- Canadian Politics: More Anti-Terrorist Legislation In Trouble
What has not been a good week for supporters of anti-terrorist legislation in Canada and Europe is about to get...
- Canadian Anti-Terror Law Not Struck Down, Only Fair Trial Demanded
When the Supreme Court of Canada's decision on Security Certificates (the governments right to hold non-resident Canadians suspected of terrorist...
- War On Terror: Europeans Demand Justice For All
It appears that the American government's enthusiastic ignoring of basic human rights in the pursuit of terrorists has finally caught...
- Canadian Politics: Supreme Court Strikes Down Security Law That Denied Individual Rights
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada took away the government's ability to arrest foreign nationals and imprison them without trial,...
- Canadian Politics: Prime Minister Steven Harper - How Low Will He Go?
I was reading somewhere, and you'll have to trust me on this because I can't provide a link, that Steven...
- Music Review: Corey Stevens Albertville
I have to admit that even after who knows how many years of listening to pop music I still haven't...
- Canadian Politics: Election Winds Blowing
The poets say that in Springtime a young man's fancy turns to love, which may very well be true in...
- Music Review: The Golden Gate Orchestra, Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
In the years immediately following the horror that was World War 1 (1914-18) society began to throw off many of...
- Music Review: Clarence Williams Jug & Washboard Bands Whoop It Up Volume 1 1927 - 1929
One of the great things about living in the digital age is what the technology has allowed us to reclaim...
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