The Empty Gestures of #Hashtag Activism
As the season of Columbus/Indigenous People’s Day and Thanksgiving fall upon us, we will most...
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Category: Commentary
Why We Won’t Vote
Canada is in the midst of a federal election and there are ads everywhere. There are ads telling...
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Which Canada Do We Want?
On Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to wear a bullet-proof vest, and...
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Andrew Scheer has Dual Canadian/American Citizenship. Woopedy-Do
Last week, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported that Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is a dual...
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We Are Still Here
We woke on the morning of Yom Kippur to the news from Halle. I felt queasy, but not surprised. My...
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How American Capitalism and Sexism Work to Silence Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg is seemingly the most polarizing 16-year-old kid to ever step foot on American...
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Lies, Damn Lies, and BDS
If you spend enough time in the Jewish social media universe, you start to see the same questions...
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Video Review is Ruining Professional Sport
Last weekend, I was watching Liverpool and Chelsea in the English Premier League. After Liverpool...
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Trump Supporters Need Not Apply
I would like to start out being the first to point out the apparent glaring hypocrisy of me...
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Personal Sins and Private Failings: Reflections on Complicity
I have been remembering high school this week, in the wake of the revelations of Canadian Prime...
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Chatbots and Customer Service: A Failing Model
I recently had the wonderful experience of my debit card being hacked. My bank was good about it,...
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Canada’s Toxic Racist History
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been caught wearing brown face. There are at least...
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Gun Culture & Toxic Masculinity
In early August 2019, Americans found themselves shocked by the occurrence of two more mass...
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A Cheese Sandwich and Glass of Milk: Canada Goes to the Polls
And they’re off! The Canadian election began this morning at about 10:00, when Prime Minister...
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Greenland and the Reactionary Mind
One might have though that President Trump’s idea to purchase Greenland from Denmark would be one...
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Morrissey, WTF?!?
Dear Morrissey, Listen, we need to talk. I can’t sit idly by anymore –and by the way I’m not the...
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Mass Demonstrations in America: The Curious Ignorance of Scott Gilmore
There are few things so rank as self-righteous ignorance, and Scott Gilmore’s op-ed article in Maclean’s magazine on August 10 fairly reeks of it…
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When Stupid is Compounded by Stupid: Twitter and Mitch McConnell
Let me make this clear at the outset: I do not like Mitch McConnell. I think he’s a...
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Satire: The New York Times’ White Nationalist Terrorism Problem
Read the New York Times editorial. ...
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What Studying Hitler Can Tell Us About Mass Shootings
As of Wednesday, the 7th of August, there had been 255 mass shootings in the United States. Monday...
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