John Buhler lives in Edmonton and completed a Bachelor of General Studies degree at Athabasca University. He is interested in history, religion, popular culture and medical science. John has contributed to the Voice since 2003, writing about books, movies, travel and issues of personal interest.
John Buhler has contributed to the Voice since October, 2003. His articles often include striking photos of places or events that bring the reader a sense of having been there. This travel feature, published March 3 2004 [v12 i9] is no exception. The four murals, photographed in different locales around Belfast, tell a story of… Read more »
We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@ausu.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter. Response to Editoral, December 15, 2004 (v12 I 48) http://www.ausu.org/voice/articles/featuredisplay.php?ART=3413 Your editorial on the issue of same-sex marriage was very well timed, given Ralph Klein’s entry into the debate. Apparently, Stephen Harper does… Read more »
We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@ausu.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter. An open letter to Alberta Justice Minister Ron Stevens Honourable Minister, I am concerned about the Alberta Government’s opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages. As an Albertan, I find it… Read more »
As temperatures dip lower, and advertisers mount their annual Christmas season assault upon the shopping public, the parades of last summer may have become merely a distant memory. Certainly one of Edmonton’s most interesting and dazzling public spectacles of the summer was the Gay Pride Parade, held on June 19th, 2004. Aside from drag queens… Read more »
by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray, illustrated by Audrey Colman Frog, Ltd., 2001 ISBN 1-58394-053-7 The story of Walter the Farting Dog gave me a sense of deja vu because I once had a dog like Walter. My dog Berkeley had a conspicuous case of flatulence, and the veterinarian actually suggested that I try giving… Read more »
From March 11th to 13th, the History Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sponsored the “Fifth Annual Graduate Symposium on Women’s and Gender History.” Established in 1867, and located about three hours south of Chicago, UIUC has over 38,000 students, and boasts the world’s largest public university library collection. When my wife was… Read more »
We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@ausu.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter in the Voice. The following letters are considerably longer than the standard Voice letter guidelines allow, but they are so informative, well written, and well supported that I did not wish to edit… Read more »
Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion of the Christ is marketed as a Gospel-based account of the last twelve hours before Jesus’ death. What Gibson delivers is a gore-fest that has more in common with his Mad Max and Lethal Weapon legacy and the pre-Reformation church than it does with contemporary Christian theology or an understanding… Read more »
Load Me Up played over my headphones. Raw and edgy, the lyrics of Vancouver’s Matthew Good Band warned of “ticking in the overhead.” This struck me as an unusual offering for in-flight music on an international route. While I peered at the blue expanse of the North Atlantic below me, the song described “bodies in… Read more »
by Eric Schlosser Perennial, 2002 383 pp.; ISBN 0-06-093845-5; $21.00 In Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser follows the evolution of fast food from its birth in California after the Second World War, to its present status in the global market. In the U.S., the fast food industry has… Read more »