World War II ended over 70 years ago. There are plenty of books and materials on what happened, why it happened, what Nazism is etc. What we sometimes lack is the personal perspective. There are almost no stories about an…
Comedian Paul F. Tompkins talks about the impact of political correctness in comedy
By David Silverberg He’s the actor you can’t always place (“Wasn’t he that teacher in Weeds?”), but for years, Paul F. Tompkins has been one of the busiest comedians in the U.S. Not only did he host four seasons of…
God, guns and the culture of blind fear at the Republican National Convention
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI The circus has come to Cleveland and the streets are eerily quiet. Uniforms from South Carolina, Indiana, Georgia and California can be seen patrolling the streets on foot, bike and horse. The city was granted $50 million…
Our entire political system is completely outdated. This is why it needs to change
Almost everything about our day-to-day lives—from shopping, banking and transportation to media consumption—has drastically changed with the growing prevalence and power of the internet. However, our government, the organism that regulates and affects how our society operates, has not kept…
How politics, religion and education have been taken over by bullshit
By: Victoria Heath Leo Tolstoy, the Russian literary once wrote, “Yes, it is possible to sabotage the things that can erase us, but not without joy on our side. The complexity of the present time seems to demand an awakening…
With the rise of voter fraud claims, Americans are getting really pissed off
BY: M.TOMOSKI Eyebrows rose unnaturally high early February at the idea that a coin toss could decide the Iowa Caucuses. Despite the confusion, those were the official rules, and anyone who has spent hours shuffling from one side of…
Is the new Filipino president really worse than Trump?
BY: M. TOMOSKI With the election of the outrageous new Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, many have been calling him the Trump of the East. But in the city of Davao, where Duterte has been mayor for 22 years, he…
When it comes to Bernie Sanders, we all missed the point
BY: M. TOMOSKI Three months on the road feels like one long fruitless year when your days are committed to driving from town to town listening to the same old speeches that end up on the cable TV news loop…
Hunter S. Thompson once spread a rumor of a presidential candidate’s drug addiction and it was taken seriously
BY: M.TOMOSKI After spending a few tedious months on the 1972 campaign trail, Ed Muskie—the Democrat favored to win the party’s nomination—had been putting his entire press corps to sleep with hopelessly repetitive stump speeches. “I didn’t get a quote…
Trolling Trump Vol 3: These Artists Are Using Trump’s Old Bus to Redefine His Brand
BY: M. TOMOSKI On the night of the New York primary, the Empire State Building shed its red, white, and blue colours to signal Trump’s absolute victory over the state with what might only be described as a terrifying crimson…
Meet the Republican Artist Ted Cruz Bankrolled then Abandoned
BY: M. TOMOSKI Ted Cruz is simply not one to make friends. The US Senator from Texas is widely known as the most hated man in Congress, and between old college roommates dragging out his seedy past and a room full…
Cast Out in the Land of Chaos: A two party system doesn’t want your vote it wants your loyalty
BY: M.TOMOSKI There was no way into the event or any of the surrounding shops except through a funnel of cruisers a quarter mile away from the place where the Golden Don was holed up behind a wall of Secret…
Canada’s elusive civil rights movement: are Canadians polite bystanders to national tragedy?
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Last month, Prime Minister Trudeau sat down with Nikki Fraser, the Youth Representative of B.C.’s Native Women’s Association (BCNWA) to discuss the pressing issue of Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Fraser, who personally lost…
The Republican Party is drowning in its own vanity and leaving the people of Flint behind
BY: M. TOMOSKI The frost on the windshield had finally cleared when the car ahead stopped at an overpass on the edge of Greektown. A hand reached out through the driver’s window and offered a coat to the young man…
Selling the Circus in Dixie: When Black Lives Matter Becomes Black Votes Matter
BY: M.TOMOSKI It’s hard to keep your eyes off a bunch of grown men losing all inhibition and sense of dignity when running for what ought to be the most respectable job in the world. Up until now, the Democrats…
John Baird promoted mining giant’s interests while in office, and now he’s working for them
BY: MITCHELL THOMPSON Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird accepting a job at Barrick Gold—the world’s largest gold mining company that lobbied him several times while he was in office—raises questions as to whether this is a part of…
Freedom or Death in the Granite State: Clinton is trying to guilt feminists into voting for her
M. TOMOSKI On the morning of the New Hampshire primary, rumours were circulating that Bill Clinton had been angry about the way the campaign was being run. That poorly timed leak led everyone in the media to believe that someone…
Millennials are using their spending power to force Wall Street to become sustainable or die
BY: TYLER FYFE This generation is twice as likely to buy from companies who choose to positively impact society than from companies whose spines develop scoliosis as they bow to The Dollar. According to two separate studies, Millennials are more…
Reddit has raised over $1.25 million for Bernie Sanders
BY: TREVOR HEWITT If Ron Paul popularized the online moneybomb, Bernie Sanders revolutionized it. Reddit has raised just over $1.25 million US for Sanders since he announced his presidential bid last April. That brings his campaign’s total donation amount to…
Freedom or Death in The Granite State: Youth voters are tattooing themselves with Bernie’s face
BY: M. TOMOSKI The alarm began to chime and rattle against the end table on the morning after Super Bowl 50 with the thin light of dawn peeking through my hotel room window. “Where the hell am I?” I thought.…