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universal suffrage

So at a potluck here last night (which was great fun – plenty of friends had come in part to see me off), we got to talking about the state of the world, and...

a difficult day

I spent the afternoon with family visiting my paternal grandmother, who is spending a week in a Toronto-area hospital near her home for observation. I’m not...

the trouble with irshad manji

So last night I attended a talk by Irshad Manji, former host of City TV’s Queer Television and author of The Trouble With Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty a...

the great housing hunt continues

for those who haven’t heard, i’m currently in the process of moving out of the kitchener-waterloo area and to montreal. i’m currently working out of a frien...

matt vs. the landlords

the story thus far: during the recent federal election, my landlords noticed that my roommates and i had a sign for the centre-left NDP on our balcony. this...