Violent responses
There are few artists who are violently sought after. Art rarely provokes revolution or even much controversy. When was the last time a book caused… Read More »Violent responses
Christopher Junn - Media Credits
Goodbye to embarrassment
A few months ago, Zadie Smith enlightened me to an emotion that I had been feeling in certain situations for years, but one that I… Read More »Goodbye to embarrassment
Geo-engineering and its discontents
It’s the late 2030s. Countries near the equator are suffering severely from storms and collapsing agriculture, but the West is unable to initiate significant mitigation… Read More »Geo-engineering and its discontents
Culture Brief
The McGill Drama Festival
Ten days of student plays
The Daily’s Ben Fried opens the curtains on the Director’s Project 2011
Humour turns words into gold
The Alchemist proves a play doesn’t have to be relevant to be enjoyable
Hell’s chicken
Big-name intervention compromises the family-run casse-croute
Prisoners should be able to donate organs
Denying this right oversteps boundaries of punishment and denies treatment to thousands
Feminism has not yet accomplished its goals
We cannot allow everyday misogyny to go unchecked
Nuclear choice is our prerogative
Why the mighty power of the atom is our best way to fight climate change
Constructing the enemy
Representative Peter King’s alienation of the Muslim American community is unacceptable
McGill should cut ties with the Hebrew University
New programs are cause for concern
Let us democratically elect McGill’s next principal
The Board of Governors should not be able to work behind closed doors
Wealth redistribution is possible
Government inability to equitably provide is unacceptable and undermines the public trust