February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
John Ralston Saul is a rare bird, a public intellectual, a popularizing philosopher. In this longish book, he uses his substantial skills to analyze the Canadian conundrum. His stage is that of mythological delusions. He ... Read More »
Anyone who’s been on a university campus in the last 10 years will get a powerful sense of déjà vu reading Petrified Campus. The authors, a triumvirate of history professors, have compiled an impressive list ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
There are figurative and literal deserts in this play: the real desert is Tobruk, a port on the Mediterranean Coast, while the emotional deserts exist in the mind of Tom Robertson, a young exotic dancer ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
It has taken almost five years for Michel Marc Bouchard’s 1995 play, Le Voyage du couronnement, to reach English language audiences as The Coronation Voyage. But the wait has been worthwhile. This play is Bouchard’s ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Dec. 6, 1999, marked the 10-year anniversary of the shooting deaths of 14 women at the Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique. A sad anniversary indeed, and the event recently received a long overdue monument, one ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Mel Hurtig, Council of Canadians founder, publisher, and author, was shocked by the extent of poverty he found during a two-year cross-country trek. Unfortunately, little of the suffering he observed emerges in this work marked ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Not the sort of book to be consumed in the hubbub of one’s favourite tapas bar, Endless Propaganda is a challenging analysis of the links between government, media, advertising, and the democratic process.An Ontario academic ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The media is a lot like the weather: everyone complains about it, but few understand how it works. Into the breach comes Newswatch Canada, inspired by U.S. Project Censored. Both groups tally significant news stories ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
It’s hard not to be appalled and disgusted at the bad guys – actually a gal and a guy – in Reynolds’ tale of sex, drugs, and murder in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Tolstoy’s chestnut about families – that all happy ones resemble each other, while each unhappy one is unique – is arguably even more accurate when applied to the bloody fights that can afflict family businesses. ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs