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Is America a Democracy?
The quiet fight to redefine democracy in the United States. “We’re not a democracy.” – Mike Lee Republican Senator Utah It came as a...
Nicholas Ward
Jan 19, 2022


How Cardboard Shoes Won the Eritrean War of Independence
The 1960’s is known in the west for the summer of love and metric gallons of LSD. In Africa it was the decade of independence. 32 of...
Nicholas Ward
Nov 16, 2021


What's the Deal with Daylight Saving Time?
I have a confession I love daylight savings. I do. When the clocks go foreword in summer, and you get those lovely long evenings....
Nicholas Ward
Nov 6, 2021


The Yubari Melon Bear
Yubari and the Melon Bear: Japans most terrifying Mascot If you find yourself in Yubari this winter, a former industrial now ski town...
Nicholas Ward
Oct 24, 2021


Did Hugo Boss Outfit the Nazi's?
As every school child knows the Nazis had an eye for fine. Dressed head to toe in designer couture, dripping with swag. Gold brocaded...
Nicholas Ward
Sep 16, 2021


The Myth of Eliot Ness and the Untouchables
Today we are traveling back to 1920’s Chicago to explore prohibitions and its most famous son so don your fedora’s get on your flats and...
Nicholas Ward
Aug 17, 2021


The Digital Dark Ages
The internet never forgets. This simple axiom shapes many young peoples lives. And we carefully take to sculpting our social media...
Nicholas Ward
Jul 7, 2021


The Power of “Terror”
In early 2018 I found myself in the quiet central bus station of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is one of the poorest, and most isolated...
Nicholas Ward
Jun 8, 2021


The Bottom 20
Are the poorest 20% of Americans richer than most of the world? By Nicholas Ward It is better to be poor in America than rich anywhere else? A study by 'justfacts.com' has found that the poorest 20% of Americans are richer than most Europeans. Can this possibly be true? No. In fact, not only are the poorest 20% of American’s not richer than most Europeans Americans are the poorest people in any MEDC (More Economically Developed Country), by a wide margin. Conservative think t
Nicholas Ward
May 3, 2021


Canada’s Deadly Rail
Poor Regulations and powerful lobbying groups creating a time bomb for Canadians. In 2013 a freight train crashed in Lac Megantic Quebec,...
Nicholas Ward
Sep 30, 2020


International Students in for a rude shock in future job market
By Nicholas Ward Having graduated from Concordia last year I began the long hard search for a job only to be confronted with a rude and...
Nicholas Ward
Aug 11, 2020


Public Service Bashing Politicians Enjoy Weekly Flights Home
By Nicholas Ward Following the sports rorts scandal it should be no surprise that Scomo has jumped on the liberal party’s long tradition...
Nicholas Ward
Jul 8, 2020


The Politicians Can’t Hear You.
Published in 'Woroni' April 2020 https://issuu.com/woroni/docs/edition_2_sex/14 By Nicholas Ward On Tuesday over one thousand Australians...
Nicholas Ward
Apr 15, 2020


$50 Strawberry’s. Japans obsession with ‘gift fruit’.
By Nicholas Ward If you are travelling to Japan and staying with locals at any point you may consider dropping by Sembikiya Fruit...
Nicholas Ward
Mar 17, 2020


Shining the light on Bernie Blindness.
Since 2016 supporters of Bernie Sanders have decried what they see as a campaign by powerful elements of the democratic party to try and...
Nicholas Ward
Mar 10, 2020
2020 Democratic Primaries Klobuchar withdraws.
Why underdogs run for presidents. By Nicholas Ward With the withdrawal of Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and Tom Sawyer from the...
Nicholas Ward
Mar 2, 2020
Everyone agrees, The British Electoral System is Broken
And why that’s unlikely to change. By Nicholas Ward Following the December election, the British Conservative party have claimed a...
Nicholas Ward
Feb 18, 2020


The Valentines Phantom
By Nicholas Ward If you find yourself in beautiful city of Montpelier, Vermont around February 14th you might encounter the mysterious...
Nicholas Ward
Feb 14, 2020
The Death of Public Broadcasting
By Nicholas Ward With Boris Johnson’s (unrepresentative) landslide election victory the UK is preparing for Brexit celebration and...
Nicholas Ward
Jan 15, 2020


How Concordia is Preparing For the Anti-Sexual Violence Legislation
Published January 8, 2019. The Link Magazine. Montreal, Canada The deadline for Concordia, and other Quebec universities, to meet its...
Nicholas Ward
Sep 10, 2019
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