By Kyle Young
We can now all wave good-bye to Stockwell Day with a sigh of relief more collective than a mandate from CPIRG. Without a doubt, it’s a positive thing for right wingers everywhere that wetsuit boy has taken his jet ski and driven off into the sunset. However, the looming question remains: will Harper be able… Continue reading Wetsuit replaced by sound conservatism
By Kyle Young
It’s truly interesting to sit back and observe the droves of social malcontents. Like some freakish exhibit at a poorly kept zoo, these strange creatures of counterculture shrink from the lights of inquiry only to pounce when we are no longer mindful of their presence.Yes, the nonconformist is truly an interesting specimen.Often hard pressed to… Continue reading Cult of the anti-chic
By Kyle Young
Zionism. Homosexuality. Nazism. War. America. Terrorism. Abortion. Feminism. Communism. What do these terms have in common? They each possess the rare quality of eliciting anger in the general public, which itself is nothing special. However, the power of these words is that regardless of what is said about them, a visible slice of the population… Continue reading Political correctness: a socially destructive force
By Kyle Young
How many times over the past few months have you heard that violence is not the answer? How many times have you seen signs protesting American action in Afghanistan, or Israeli action against Palestine? It seems that pop-protester culture has once again blindly latched onto another cause to rage against-war.When I sit back and watch… Continue reading Naive pacifists deny war’s necessity
By Kyle Young
Surveying today’s popular culture, one arrives at an astonishing and frightening conclusion: the majority of it sucks. We are dominated by a force more terrible than Orwell’s Big Brother, a force that eats away at the very substance of our society. It is a force commonly referred to as "pop music."Many regard art as the… Continue reading Britney and her ilk will be society’s downfall
By Kyle Young
Few have ever credited the Vatican with having a spotless past. Over the past few years the world heard Pope John Paul II apologize for several past lapses of conscience in the leadership of the Catholic Church. What must now be questioned is the worth of these apologies as the Church continues into Christianity’s third… Continue reading The Vatican’s decadent hypocrisy
By Kyle Young
Western nations are fighting a war. A war they started against a largely passive and non-offensive bunch. A war they claim to be losing. A war against drugs. How many resources do our governments expend in this war every year, and why did they start it in the first place? On giving thought to the… Continue reading War on Drugs a misguided pursuit
By Kyle Young
If a deodorant merely masks and conceals odors can it truly be considered a deodorant?In the same vein of thought, is a union who represents the majority of five percent of a total body truly a union? More to the point, if said union possessed none of the abilities of negotiation for which unions were… Continue reading One club to rule them all
By Kyle Young
As we creep closer to next year’s Group of Eight summit, the signs of incoming left-wing radicals are everywhere. We are certain to see political malcontents demonstrating and "raising awareness" even on this, our much-loved campus. We will likely see the militant anarchists charge the riot police, only to claim they were assaulted and convey… Continue reading Fascism is maligned and misunderstood