Other Voices

McGARVEY – Western culture’s paralyzing crisis of confidence

April 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

NEW YORK Times columnist David Brooks, in his April 21 piece The Crisis of Western Civ, has opened a serious debate on the collapse of confidence in western civilization. His [Continue]

AIR TRAVEL – Time to call out airlines on their passenger-bumping policies

April 27, 2017 // 1 Comment

By GREG NEIMAN AIR TRAVELLERS being denied the contractual right to passage they paid for — and had approved right through the boarding process — has been in the news a [Continue]

MacFADYEN – A simple mistake shouldn’t lead to public shaming

April 26, 2017 // 2 Comments

JEFF VARNER made a mistake. Who is Jeff Varner? He’s the Survivor contestant who revealed fellow castaway Zeke Smith was transgender during tribal council – the climax to [Continue]

KINSELLA – Under the spectre of the presidential warmonger

April 25, 2017 // 3 Comments

THE BEARDED Republican regarded us suspiciously. He had been washing his pickup truck (naturally) and listening to country music on the radio (ditto). It was [Continue]

POLITICS – Electoral reform by any other name is still progress

April 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

By DOREEN BARRY University of Calgary START TALKING about parliamentary reform at a cocktail party and watch everyone melt away. But despite being an eye-glazing topic, there [Continue]

EDUCATION – Slowing the corporatization of our universities

April 24, 2017 // 2 Comments

By DAVID GOA Director Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life University of Alberta DURING A CONFERENCE several years ago, I listened with care as [Continue]