Michal Shimonovich

Staff Writer 

Discipline: Health Systems and Public Policy

Research Interests: Why the democratic system sometimes leave me envious of monarchies

If you were a box of cereal what would you be and why: French Toast Crunch. Discontinued in America in 2006, but still available in Canada (lover of all things used in conjunction with syrup). Naturally, consumer demand and mass global protests would bring me back to local, organic, gluten-free, Kosher, Halal, and failing big-chain supermarkets less than a decade later.

What did you want to be when you grew up: Kanye West's biographer. I wanted unlimited access to egocentric lyrics and ideas that would inevitably be filtered out by society's preference for humility. I obviously would have eventually been made redundant. 

Where are you right now: Tied to my chair listening to Nick Drake whisper sweet nothings to me. That's right, me.

Tell us something about another staff writer: (At the time of writing) Jenny has only beat me twice in backgammon! 
 

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The Thick of It
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On the HBO show Last Week Tonight, comedian and host John Oliver joked in a monologue about “the United Kingdom, where I’m formally known as ‘who?’”

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IANS Year in Review
It Ain't Necessarily So
IANS Year in Review
It Ain't Necessarily So

2015 has been quite a year. In this collaborative post IANS editors, staff writers, and contributors write about their most defining moment of 2015.

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It Ain't Necessarily So
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R.A.P. Music
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2014 in Review
It Ain't Necessarily So
2014 in Review
It Ain't Necessarily So

Before we bid adieu to 2014 and open our hearts to the mystery of the New Year, however, we would like to take a moment to reflect on what has been and gone. As such, in what follows, the brightest and best of IANS staff contemplate what made the past year great, what it made it awful and, above all, what made it memorable.

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It Ain't Necessarily So
A Select History of Suing Oil Companies
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A Select History of Suing Oil Companies
Michal Shimonovich

For as long as stereotypes about the judicial system have existed, US-Americans have been infamous for suing. Indeed the USA’s fascination with litigation is enshrined in its constitution, the writers of whom made sure to include that a right to a ‘speedy trial’ was included in the documents first 10 amendments. In reality, however, our legal rights aren’t so easily executed.

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