By Evan Oscherwitz It’s now been almost fourteen years since the death of baseball in Montréal, but for native Montrealers like myself, it seems like an eternity since the Expos bid us their final adieu. A snake-bitten franchise since their inception, the Expos never reached the World Series, seldom qualified for the playoffs, and…
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Q&A: Olympian Akela Jones
by Evan Oscherwitz With about three months since the conclusion of the Rio Summer Olympics and another six remaining until the start of the Diamond League, international athletics sits in a bit of a dead period. However, the Olympics featured a breadth of intriguing young prospects with a chance to really make their mark in…
Anarchy
by Evan Oscherwitz Though only theorized by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in the 1800s, and not quite conventional in modern society, Anarchism has existed in practice for a substantial period, spread out across time and space, from Indigenous societies the world over, to more recent examples like Syndicalist Catalonia, Makhnovia, Shinmin, and Chiapas. Anarchism has withstood the…
Olympic Surprises
by Evan Oscherwitz The Olympics are a truly magical event, from the amazing Parade of Nations, where the entire planet comes together for the wonder of sport, all the way to the closing ceremony, where we reflect on the many wonders that took place over the prior two weeks. After four long years of waiting,…
Will Wikileaks Scandal Affect Clinton?
by Evan Oscherwitz The last few weeks have seen a number of interesting developments in the American political landscape, as the race for the presidency is now at its apex. Both parties held their conventions, which sparked a minor change in the polls that eventually subsided, and a third party candidate began to garner major…
NBA Rank: Starting Centers
By Evan Oscherwitz DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento Kings Cousins’ completeness, size, and all-around mastery of the center position makes this an easy pick. Cousins, who only played one season at Kentucky, is one of the few one-and-done players who was able to immediately make his team better. Despite his sporadic outbursts, and lack of media attention…
Shooting Down the Myth
By Evan Oscherwitz If you ever have the misfortune of bumping into an Austrian School adherent, one of the first tools with which they will attempt to brainwash you is the notion that having a commodity-backed currency is a completely foolproof way to avoid inflation and prevent a currency from becoming flat. However, even an…
Bernie Sanders: Not a Socialist, but Social Democrat
By Evan Oscherwitz You’ve undoubtedly heard it broadcast on both progressive and conservative media outlets, uttered by pundits and politicians on both ends of the ideological spectrum. “Bernie Sanders is a socialist,” they will tell you. This statement, whether viewed as a piece of anti-Bernie propaganda or as a rallying cry for Bernie’s band of…
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