January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Readers concerned about the lack of analysis and independent investigative journalism in the mass media will welcome the third of James Winter’s critiques of the fifth estate. Winter is one angry academic, and his polemical ... Read More »
The Uncanny is an ambitious compilation of essays relating to one of the past century’s most persistent images: the cyborg. Written by various cultural theorists, curators, and media critics, and complemented by neat images of ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
When Martin Arnold Kruze ended his life at age 35 by jumping from the Bloor Street Viaduct on Oct. 30, 1997, he had been used and betrayed not only by pedophiles employed at Maple Leaf ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In the aftermath of the dot-com bust comes Darren Wershler-Henry, an irreverent voice dancing on the dead bones of e-business hype and devalued high-tech stocks. Free as in Speech and Beer is a wonderful primer ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Journalist-turned-academic Shawn Thompson’s correspondence with hard people serving hard time sets a steely tone from the first page. One of the author’s regular correspondents records the metronomic, dreary din of life behind bars: “More guys ... Read More »
January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
A book that devotes several chapters to the likes of Clifford Olson and Paul Bernardo is bound to compel attention. And the sections of Dark Paths, Cold Trails where author Doug Clark sets out to ... Read More »
January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
A well-researched study of former Canadian Alliance Party leader Stockwell Day’s meteoric rise to the national spotlight, and subsequent fall to political irrelevance, Requiem for a Lightweight serves as a timely epitaph to Day’s political ... Read More »
January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Most people’s vision of life inside a prison comes from popular TV shows like Oz or from such films as Robert Redford’s The Last Castle. But while these works of fiction capture some of the ... Read More »
January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
It would seem that a new definition of “family” is needed in the 21st century, and the contribution of the gay community here would be welcome. The topic of legal gay marriage raises some interesting ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The Stratford Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, so books about its history are virtually guaranteed a good sale, even if they serve simply to decorate coffee tables as a sign of cultural ... Read More »
January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs