Browsing Tag Christopher Nichols
Canada’s apartheid
| 7:00 am | 0 CommentAre we 20 years behind South Africa? By Christopher Nichols I'm sitting on a metal bunk in a medium-security prison in South Africa as I write this. The blazing sunlight and gorgeous natural scenery outside seem strangely juxtaposed with the barred windows and razor wire-topped walls, but I suppose Africa has always been a land of contradictions. The cold more...
Greed: Is our lifestyle unsustainable?
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By Christopher Nichols The images of Somalis fleeing their famine-ravaged country have me conflicted. First and most obviously, I feel an immense sadness for the human suffering occurring on such a massive scale. I find it difficult to conceive being unmoved by such images. But perhaps more strikingly, I feel a lurch of disgust when I contrast these people’s state of more...
