Zero Dark Thirty’s origins
The recent Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty has gotten a bad rap, one that it doesn’t deserve It has been criticized for being too pro-American, glorifying the war on...
Brad Kleinstuber
Gaming is about more than cheap thrills
Nerd culture is almost inescapable today The spread of gaming, precipitated by television and films has come suddenly and shockingly, so it’s worth a little reflection There’s...
The War on Terror can’t be Won
With the French intervening in Mali, it’s an odd coincidence that the infamous ‘surrender monkeys’ putting boots on the ground to fight violent Islamist groups This kind...
Libertarianism: a political solution
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that the old left-right arrangement of political parties is coming undone The United States has essentially rejected third-party...
Gun legislation not a guaranteed solution
In the Newtown, CT shooting, Adam Lanza used three firearms to kill 27 people including himself His XM-15 rifle has received the majority of the media’s attention and...
Conspiracy culture has dangerous implications
I remember sitting in the computer lab in my final year of high school, when a pair of lower-year girls entered the lab To my horror, they were both quite ignorant They were...
Democratic elections not always fair
Remember the 2004 film Alien vs Predator If you don’t it’s okay It was pretty terrible, but the tagline, “Whoever winswe lose,” has timeless political...
Free speech threatened
Not long ago, US pastor Terry Jones was turned away from the Canadian border Jones gained worldwide infamy in 2010 for publicly burning the Qur’an and his actions fuelled...
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