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A Lesson from Quebec on Western Alienation

Posted on May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 by admin

I still remember the look on the woman’s face when my mom and I showed up at our local Dairy Queen to commission a birthday cake emblazoned with the Reform Party logo. She smiled, I recall, then turned away, stifling a laugh. I was an odd child. With little difficulty, I could have hopped on…

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On Taylor Swift and Andy Warhol: Why Fame Isn’t What It Used To Be

Posted on April 21, 2024April 23, 2024 by admin

Andy Warhol once (allegedly) said that “in the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” This is often heralded as a prescient statement and indicative of our times, especially in an age of social media. However, I would argue that the statement needs a little finessing. It isn’t so much that everyone gets their…

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Stand Tall: Why Burton Cummings is Right About “The Guess Who”

Posted on April 13, 2024April 15, 2024 by admin

Legendary Canadian rock band The Guess Who are finally in the pages of Rolling Stone again. While the band went through several lineup changes in the 1960s and 70s, The Guess Who is most well-known for the songs they recorded while Burton Cummings was lead singer. From “American Woman” and “These Eyes” to “No Time”…

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The Problem of Civil Discourse and Charlatans

Posted on July 9, 2023July 10, 2023 by admin

Some might see the difference between a news-style satirist and a peddler in fake news as rather subtle. Superficially, both are presenting “false” narratives, which on the surface have the appearance of truth. However, writers of satirical news, as seen in The Onion, The Beaverton, and my own website The Unger Review, never intend to…

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Steinbach: The Literary City

Posted on May 10, 2023June 4, 2023 by admin

Struggling ghostwriter Timothy Heppner lives in a small Manitoba town where he writes family histories and genealogies for local people. Sounds innocent enough, but Edenfeld is not particularly kind to its writers and Timothy is concerned. After all, Elsie Dyck, the town’s most famous author, has gone missing, presumably booted out of town after her…

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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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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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