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Steinbach Loves Miriam Toews

Posted on March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 by admin

A number of months ago the City of Steinbach approved a new honourary street sign policy. As soon as I heard about it and read the criteria, I immediately thought this this was perfect opportunity for our community to honour our most notable literary export Miriam Toews. To me, she was the most obvious name…

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Press 2023

Posted on January 31, 2023 by admin

News & Reviews about Andrew Unger (2023) The End of an Era: Introducing The Unger Review – Steinbach Online Click here for New & Reviews about Andrew Unger (2022) Click here for News & Reviews about Andrew Unger (2021) Click here for News & Reviews about Andrew Unger (2020) Andrew Unger on Youtube (videos, tours,…

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Unger Report Test

Posted on November 29, 2022 by admin

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Posted on November 29, 2022 by admin

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Mennonites, Twisted Sister, and Reactance Bias

Posted on January 18, 2022November 29, 2022 by admin

Cognitive biases are hot right now. Everyone’s talking about them. Even Elon Musk. I’ve seen people of all political stripes posting about them, advocating learning them, and so on. Presumably, folks think their political opponents could use a few lessons on critical thinking. As we become increasingly polarized, we seek out explanations for the peculiar…

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The Globe and Mail, Vaccines, and the No True Mennonite Fallacy

Posted on November 29, 2021November 29, 2022 by admin

I suppose by now you’ve all read the recent piece by Nancy MacDonald in the Globe and Mail on the topic of vaccine hesitancy in southern Manitoba. I’ve read a variety of reactions to the article, ranging from proclaiming it the best analysis of this problem they had ever read, to suggesting that by focusing…

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I Changed My Mind

Posted on June 26, 2021November 29, 2022 by admin

In many aspects of life, especially politics, it’s seen as a sign of weakness to change one’s mind. While I certainly don’t discount the criticism laid upon politicians whose policy or opinions seem to shift with the wind, or those who pander to whatever group will get them elected, I do think we need to…

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How I Got Corrupted

Posted on January 10, 2021November 29, 2022 by admin

Satirists, or writers of any kind perhaps, have to see the world a little differently. Askew perhaps. Recently I turned 40, well 41 actually, and I guess I started thinking back on my life and I was trying to figure out how I became a satirist – how I became corrupted … in the best…

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The Beatles Albums: Ranked

Posted on August 19, 2020November 29, 2022 by admin

My first awareness of The Beatles was in Woodlawn School in Steinbach back in the mid-1980s. I don’t remember much, but the older students were doing some kind of dramatic performance in the gymnasium and, for a brief moment, “The Beatles” made an appearance. I remember asking my teacher who or what I had just…

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Once Removed

Posted on July 14, 2020September 16, 2020 by admin

I’m excited to announce that my new novel Once Removed (2020, Turnstone Press) is available now! Ask for it at your local independent bookseller! An affectionate pastiche of small-town Mennonite life, replete with duty, folly, irreverence, and joy. —David Bergen Hilarious as Schitt’s Creek, sinister as Hitchcock, Once Removed gives us Timothy Heppner, the quintessential non-resistant Mennonite, in a comic…

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