The politics of charisma

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Scene: Fiveish years ago, Chris and I sitting on the couch (which, I think you should all know, was fished out a dumpster by my then-roommate Tyler) in my old apartment on Donald street (represent!) watching the first season of the hit TV series 24, discussing how we would never live to see the day [...]

Can you taste the democracy?

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

My fellow Canucks, on this fine election day, I hope that you are as excited as I am about exercising your privilege to vote, and if you’re not, shame on you (really – I don’t kid when it comes to democracy!). Here are a few reasons why I think you should be excited and proud [...]

Varying perspectives on a word’s denotation

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Amidst all of this electoral hoopla, I just wanted to take a minute out of my busy lunch hour yogurt eating and lolcat browsing schedule to write about something which never ceases to baffle me: the varying meanings and connotations people on different degrees of the political spectrum attribute to words such as liberal and [...]