Politics & Current Affairs

Greed, Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We Let It Happen

Facing the brutal reality of a mean-spirited corporate downsizing after a long and successful media career, Wade Rowland didn’t just get mad, he got philosophical. What results is a happy conclusion, in that he’s produced ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

No Time: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life

By Heather Menzies; $

It has become axiomatic that nobody has “time” anymore: time for family, time to finish a day’s work, time for introspection. And despite the ubiquity of computers and related technologies, such as email, voicemail, and ... Read More »

May 17, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada’s Most Notorious Bootlegger

By Antonio Nicaso

Lovers of the true-crime genre will appreciate this new biography of one of Canada’s most feared gangsters for two reasons. The first is that the book’s author, Antonio Nicaso, is widely regarded as Canada’s leading ... Read More »

March 11, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Secret Trial: Brian Mulroney, Stevie Cameron and the Public Trust

By William Kaplan

If the Airbus mess seems like a story that won’t ever go away, it’s partly because underneath the litany of deception, professional misconduct, kickback allegations, axes to grind, and other assorted muck, there remain key ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Rushing to Armageddon: The Shocking Truth About Canada, Missile Defence, and Star Wars

By Mel Hurtig

To say the Bush administration has shrewdly and cynically used the events of Sept. 11 to launch the most aggressive military build-up and unilateral foreign policy since the Cold War probably qualifies as understatement. Bush’s ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

It’s the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil, and the Fight for the Planet

By Linda McQuaig

From her perch as one of Canada’s best-known muckraking journalists, Linda McQuaig has tackled her biggest topic to date: the future of the planet. The author of such well-received political critiques as Shooting the Hippo ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Big Sister: How Extreme Feminism Has Betrayed the Fight for Sexual Equality

By Neil Boyd

Neil Boyd opens Big Sister, a supposed exposé on how extreme feminism has “trampled important human rights and simple common sense,” with the story of how an encounter between a Hollywood producer and a girl ... Read More »

July 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Crime School: Money Laundering

By Chris Mathers

Money laundering is one of those terms that gets tossed around so often that most people just assume that they understand what it means. But take a tour of the subject with a veteran cop ... Read More »

July 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Same-Sex Marriage: The Personal and the Political

By Kevin Alderson and Kathleen A. Lahey

Journalists like to think of themselves as writing “the first draft of history,” as the cliché goes. This is not necessarily a good approach to book-length studies of current events. In Same-Sex Marriage, authors Kathleen ... Read More »

July 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Speaking Out: Ideas That Work for Canadians

By Jack Layton

Since becoming leader of the federal NDP last year, Jack Layton has done a skillful job of steering the party to the centre. Not surprisingly, that’s where his new campaign book is aimed. The theme ... Read More »

June 7, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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