Politics & Current Affairs

Asper Nation: Canada’s Most Dangerous Media Company

These two new books about the Asper and Rogers media empires won’t get anywhere near as much attention as the new memoirs from Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney or Naomi Klein’s latest work. However, they ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

High Wire Act: Ted Rogers and the Empire that Debt Built

By Caroline Van Hasselt

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn’t Seem to Care)

By William Marsden

Books about ecological catastrophe can be real downers, but a sense of humour and lively writing make William Marsden’s entry into the suddenly popular category of inconvenient truths well worth a look. A journalist with ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech

By Craig Silverman

Since 2004, Montreal-based journalist Craig Silverman has collected and posted the most egregious media corrections on his website RegretTheError.com. In Regret the Error the book, Silverman not only assembles the highlights of this collection, but ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Toronto: A City Becoming

By David Macfarlane, ed.

After barely surviving a forced amalgamation, a mayor notorious for bone-headed remarks, and the SARS outbreak, Toronto is having a renaissance of sorts. For the last few years, the civic discourse in Toronto has veered ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America

By Erna Paris

Adding to the bumper crop of books documenting recent American misdeeds are two new titles that examine the effects of Bush’s policies. For Erna Paris, The Sun Climbs Slow marks a natural progression from her ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr

By Michelle Shephard

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan in the Words of Its Participants

By Kevin Patterson and Jane Warren, eds.

“What do any of us really know about Afghanistan?” the editors of this volume ask in their preface. Readers looking for answers to why Canada is involved, and how this faraway land continues to be ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Robber Baron: Lord Black of Crossharbour

By George Tombs

George Tombs has made covering Conrad Black a significant part of his career. He has already written a book about the disgraced newspaper magnate entitled Shades of Black, which was published by a small firm ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Celebrity Diplomacy

By Andrew F. Cooper

Recently, someone forwarded me Jim Carrey’s YouTube video in support of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi. At the same time, on TV, I watched Bill Gates introduce Don Cheadle at last year’s Davos summit. Later, ... Read More »

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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Asper Nation: Canada’s Most Dangerous Media Company

High Wire Act: Ted Rogers and the Empire that Debt Built

Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn’t Seem to Care)

Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech

Toronto: A City Becoming

The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America

Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr

Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan in the Words of Its Participants

Robber Baron: Lord Black of Crossharbour

Celebrity Diplomacy

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