November 18, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
To the exaltation of many Canadians, the outrage of many others, and the sheer incomprehension of most in the country’s chattering classes, Stephen Harper has survived and prospered as prime minister for the past seven ... Read More »
In the tradition of crusading animal lovers such as Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, zoologist, lawyer, and wildlife conservationist Ronald Orenstein has penned a passionate call to rescue two of the planet’s oldest and most ... Read More »
November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Chris Turner is angry. And he has every right to be. In The War on Science, the veteran journalist lays out the federal Conservatives’ systematic efforts to remove science from Canadian politics. His argument is ... Read More »
November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The problem with political advertising – from television commercials to micro-targeted get-out-the-vote efforts – is that, when properly applied, it works. As Toronto Star senior political writer Susan Delacourt’s new book makes clear, the success ... Read More »
September 27, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, so we can expect a flood of flag-waving, chest-thumping museum exhibitions, television documentaries, and books devoted to the subject. Chances ... Read More »
September 27, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Except for hundreds of First Nations communities perpetually suffering under boil-water alerts, it’s doubtful most Canadians know much about the source and safety of their tap water. That will change if they read Down the ... Read More »
June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
On a cold winter night in 1805, a New Brunswick farmer named Amos Babcock stabbed his sister to death in a fit of religious fervour that may have been inspired by the hellfire sermons of ... Read More »
June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Journalist, activist, and author Sally Armstrong’s latest book tells the stories of women around the globe who create change in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Armstrong spares no detail in describing the violent crimes ... Read More »
June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The new book by University of British Columbia sociology professor Neil Gross sets itself quite the challenge in its title. The answers to this double-barrelled question, after all, appear complicated enough to justify devoting more ... Read More »
March 12, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
For the last 30 years, politicians throughout the Anglo-American world have inveighed against big government in the name of greater efficiency, while governments have simultaneously become bloated and less efficient. In an attempt to shed ... Read More »
March 12, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs