Margaret Wente

Through elections and the democratic process, citizens get the chance to grant authority to individuals to represent them and their interests because of this, elections and the electoral process are the cornerstones of democracy. Fair and representative elections encourage the exchange of ideas and opinions and are crucial in establishing a relationship between the government and the citizens they represent. Since elections have and will continue to be the most vital aspect of democracy, the…

The Great Recession in 2008 wiped clean the savings portfolios of hundreds of millions in North America and Europe. Before the recession, people like columnist Margaret Wente, who were fast approaching retirement, had a 10-year plan. But then a “black swan pooped all over it.”1 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a New York-based professor of finance and a former finance practitioner, used the black swan analogy in his book of the same title to explain how past events are limited in forecasting the future.2…

Sweden’s pro-immigrant consensus has led Sweden to become one of the main countries in Europe accepting refugees into their country. However, during the last decade the large number of incoming asylum seekers from Syria and other countries has caused controversy. The unemployment rates in Sweden, as well as the far-right, anti-immigrant party election polls rates, have increased significantly during the past few years. Sweden has become divided between those who want the welcoming consensus to…

have a few days to live just cuts them short of those last days to be with their family and get to enjoy life’s moments a last time. Medicine was meant and invented to help people and aid them in recovering, not to kill them. Secondly, a quote by Margaret Wente, a writer for Globe and Mail, reads, “One woman was euthanized a year after her husband died because she didn't want to live without him.” This shows how assisted suicide should not be legalized because then people will receive this…