February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Social crises in Canada usually spawn a bumper crop of books by policy experts, academics, and journalists, but few of these scribes write from first-hand experience. Jean Swanson’s take on poverty is a well-documented study ... Read More »
Romantic obsession is one of those wickedly tricky subjects that easily lead to a badly written swamp of pitiful sentiment – but not in the discerning hands of veteran biographer Rosemary Sullivan. Turning her attention ... Read More »
February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In the world of heartless globalization and mass layoffs, runaway corporate profits and greedy CEOs, Adam Harmes has seen the enemy and, to a large extent, the enemy is us: the individual investor facing down ... Read More »
February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Canadian politics in the 20th century have been driven by three ideologies: toryism, liberalism, and socialism. The force that has brought together these disparate ideologies is nationalism.While toryism accepts social privilege and economic inequality as ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Canadian politics in the 20th century have been driven by three ideologies: toryism, liberalism, and socialism. The force that has brought together these disparate ideologies is nationalism.While toryism accepts social privilege and economic inequality as ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Canadian politics in the 20th century have been driven by three ideologies: toryism, liberalism, and socialism. The force that has brought together these disparate ideologies is nationalism.While toryism accepts social privilege and economic inequality as ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
According to McGill University economist R.T. Naylor, economic warfare is a Pandora’s box of unforeseen consequences that often does more harm to the embargoer than to the intended victim.In Patriots and Profiteers, Naylor examines the ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Despite various directors’ attempts to make Cabaret change with the times – Liza Minnelli’s green fingernails in Bob Fosse’s 1972 film version, and the surprising evocation of a concentration camp at the end of Sam ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In the straight-shooting, uncomplicated world of the neo-conservative, Brooke Jeffrey is the Other. She is a political science professor, a former federal bureaucrat, and a one-time Liberal candidate. Now she has written a book, assessing ... Read More »
February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Look out Norm Foster! Drew Hayden Taylor is nipping at your heels with The Baby Blues. Like so many of Foster’s plays, this one should be right at home in summer theatres across the country. ... Read More »
February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs