In March of 1999, I stepped out of the Allama Iqbal International Airport, in Lahore, Pakistan, greeted by long-lost family members and a barrage of… Read More »Aristotle’s Lackey: Emerging from the nostalgia of Pakistan’s past
I know a good piñata when I see one, and this one deserves to be smashed again. “The war has been one of the most… Read More »Hyde Park: Relative peace doesn’t mean long-term success
There may be tangible reasons why stereotypes sprout up, but many of us know you don’t have to delve deep into history to find that… Read More »Life Lines: Beware of the Canadian journalistic apocalypse
From the SSMU General Assembly to Israeli Apartheid Week, campus life has been consumed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the past few weeks. Can we… Read More »Hyde Park: Focusing our energies on another two-state conflict
I understand why AUS needs French translation Re: “Putting an end to token translation” | Commentary | March 14 Dear Mr. William Burton, I was… Read More »Letters
“Goebbels was in favour of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favour of free speech, then you’re in… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Don’t sacrifice campus free speech
With the stimulus budget passed through Senate Thursday, the Conservatives managed to slyly pass legislation based on broken ideology that denies women’s right to equal… Read More »Editorial: Repeal Harper’s anti-equity pay policy
The photo for “Out of Africa” (Mind & Body, February 19) was attributed to Rachel Kutler when in fact it was taken by the article’s… Read More »Errata
Anti-Semites do care about other issues Re: “Where might a new anti-Semitism take root?” | Commentary | March 9 Defenders of Israel often accuse its… Read More »Letters
Following my last article on the poor translation of the Arts Undergraduate Society’s (AUS) listserv, here are some questions I wish had been asked, particularly… Read More »Hyde Park: Putting an end to token translation
When Alexandra Brown – SSMU VP Internal candidate against Brendan Sullivan – came into The Daily office to have her photo taken, she joked that… Read More »No more acclaimed positions
W estern society’s communicative ability has been ruined! Ruined by advertising, and all that second-by-second grabbing of our attention with bright lights and colours and… Read More »The Conversationalist: Improvisers’ lessons on present-mindedness
Why the Birks building shouldn’t promote half-baked academia
“The Palestinian martyr replaces the proletarian struggle for a communist society.” – Pierre-André Taguieff, French philosopher Last week, several McGill groups hosted the annual Israel… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Where might a new anti-Semitism take root?
“Like all madmen, I thought everyone was mad except myself.” – Leo Tolstoy That was me, sitting shivering in a Manitoba ice rink, gawking at… Read More »Life Lines: Going home to handle rink-side madness
