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The Pope’s mishandling of sex abuse scandals is cause for abdication

In her letter dated March 11, U2 IDS student Jamie Birks begged The Daily to stop its torrent of anti-Israel coverage. Earlier this month, Mookie… Read More »Queer people and women better off in Israel

What’s legal and causes the death and permanent disability of thousands of men, women, and children each year? Alternative medicine: the greatest natural disaster plaguing… Read More »Naturopathic medicine is whack

SSMU impotent to effect change beyond campus

The oft-proclaimed, ill-researched phrase “Zionism is racism” is both inaccurate and woefully unhelpful. “Zionism,” to be sure, could be the belief in the right of… Read More »Zionism is not racism

R aise the God-damn MBA tuition at McGill. Few words are tossed around more and mean less than “a right to education” and “accessible tuition”… Read More »Tuition hike justified

Pausing for remembrance is not a waste of time

“Is there a genetic component?” he said. “I have no idea. But what is certain is that the role of culture is much more important.”

The Reform movement is not mere pomp and circumstance

The people of Maine may be getting high, but their civil rights standards have proven to be awfully low. On Tuesday, November 3, the people… Read More »There is no good reason for unequal marriage

Disenfranchisement is so passé. In the last century, we’ve seen considerable expansion of the vote-carrying population. The gradual inclusion of women, Asians, Inuit, the mentally… Read More »Give permanent residents the right to vote

The costumed kind, or women tortured because they’re “witches”?

It’s not his fault, OK?

It was so nearly the perfect evening. A warm, clear summer night marred only by intoxicated underage tourists and the glowing neon lights of the… Read More »Fuck fuck-me shoes