August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The Canadian Century is tantamount to a manifesto for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a policy think tank for which lead author Brian Lee Crowley serves as managing director. It is a political tract that, at points, ... Read More »
On May 17, 2006, at approximately 7 p.m. Afghanistan time, Forward Observation Officer Captain Nichola Goddard earned a tragic place in Canadian history: she became the first female Canadian soldier to die in combat. Although ... Read More »
August 16, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The events of 9/11 changed the borderlands of the U.S. irrevocably. The longest undefended border in the world is disappearing, soon to be a memory. The Land of the Free is quickly becoming Fortress America, ... Read More »
June 14, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Rod McQueen’s new book features a foreword by tech giants Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, co-CEOs of the Waterloo, Ontario-based Research In Motion. Typically, this would mean that the main figures in the book have, ... Read More »
March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The notion that police work in Canada is becoming harder is nothing new; Thin Bruised Line, a thoroughly researched volume by veteran investigative journalist Doug Clark, examines the reasons why this notion is especially true ... Read More »
March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
There’s nothing like an economic crash to create a market for financially themed books that are both analytical (focusing on how and why the crash happened in the first place) and prescriptive (suggesting ways out ... Read More »
December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
It will be interesting to see if Wal-Mart carries Gordon Laird’s new book. Laird repeatedly cites the Arkansas-based super-retailer as the most prominent purveyor of bargains and one of the primary beneficiaries of our lust ... Read More »
December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In 2002, The Globe and Mail asked columnist Sheema Khan to share her personal insights on Islam and Muslim life in the wake of 9/11. Of Hockey and Hijab, a compilation of these essays, is ... Read More »
December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
As a former Newfoundland politician and a commentator for both The Globe and Mail and CBC’s The National, Rex Murphy is arguably Canada’s most famous pundit. Murphy is widely admired for his clever turns of ... Read More »
October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Toronto writer Hal Niedzviecki has a hard time coming up with good, solid conclusions in his new book, The Peep Diaries. He admits as much in the last chapter. He thought that by the end ... Read More »
October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs