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Yet Another Night of Sleep Paralysis
Quite fitting that upon my arrival in North America, after five months of absence, my unfortunate condition of sleep paralysis returns. For those who have been lucky enough to stave off its misfortune, I shall explain it quite simply through my own experiences. Sleep paralysis is a condition which plagues those who have suffered recent bouts of…
Why I Will Vote NDP
During the first stage of political consciousness, it is always relatively easy to fall into a “hope trap”—-believing that one single party or candidate will fulfill all ambitions of hope and all malaise of the past will be eradicated in favor of a new order once power is reclaimed. Once reality kicks in, however, that appetite starkly changes. The…
How Regulations Help Sustain Corporate Monopolies
How Regulations Help Sustain Corporate Monopolies
Musician Birthday Celebrations
Today is the birthday of two legends, Fats Domino and Johnny Cash. Therefore, I play my favorite song by each: Fats Domino- Ain’t That a Shame Johnny Cash- Man In Black
Public versus Private Pay
There is a big talk of unionization and public-sector pay versus private-sector pay as of late. We all remember the articles in USA Today, detailing how employees of the government are paid much more than their equivalents in the private-sector. They each respectively ran at different points last year, both during the arguments about Health Care reform…
Honor System On Viennese Public Transit
The U-bahn in Vienna uses the honor system when it comes to tickets. Awesome.
George Washington’s Farewell Address
1 The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may…