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  • The Journalist’s Creed

    The Journalist’s Creed

  • 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…

  • The Science of Tipping

    The practice of tipping extra for service is an established doctrine in North America, but it is well-known to be absent from any dominant European tradition or custom. This is mostly due to service charges and value-added taxes, which are included in the final price of most products and services across the European continent, as…

  • Bold Canadian Election 2011 Predictions

    Bold Canadian Election 2011 Predictions

  • 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…