Politics & Current Affairs

My Wedding Dress: True-Life Tales of Lace, Laughter, Tears and Tulle

By Susan Whelehan, Anne Laurel Carter, eds.

Full disclosure: this reviewer is not married, nor is she engaged. Her Mr. Wonderful took one look at her weekend reading – i.e., these two books – and wisely retreated to his study. She has ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent

By Rodrigo Bascunan, Christian Pearce

Toronto’s “summer of the gun” has come and gone, and with it much of the public debate about guns, their place in polite Canadian society, and ways to get them off the streets.Rodrigo Bascunan and ... Read More »

January 22, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Full Circle: Death and Resurrection in Canadian Conservative Politics

By Bob Plamondon

Now that the political right in Canada has been united, and the cottage industry of National Post op-eds on that topic is no longer necessary, a new, triumphant phase of right-wing self-examination is upon us.New ... Read More »

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Long Road Back: The Conservative Journey, 1993–2006

By Hugh Segal

December 19, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Conversations in Tehran

By Jean-Daniel Lafond and Fred A. Reed

Given recent spikes in demand for political books following major U.S. foreign policy decisions – leaving booksellers and libraries scrambling for titles on Afghanistan, Iraq, and, of course, Osama bin Laden – it’s likely many ... Read More »

December 15, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization

By Thomas Homer-Dixon

Thomas Homer-Dixon proclaims the end is nigh. That’s not an altogether bad thing, though. In The Upside of Down, the University of Toronto professor, best known for his book The Ingenuity Gap, sees hope in ... Read More »

December 11, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Inside Dope: How Drugs Are the Biggest Threat to Sports, Why You Should Care, and What Can Be Done About Them

By Dick Pound

Dick Pound has been likened to “the sheriff of the wild west,” and indeed the situation he describes in Inside Dope resembles an out-of-control frontier scene.Pound, a Montreal lawyer, is chairman of the World Anti-Doping ... Read More »

November 1, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World’s Most Seductive Sweet

By Carol Off

Biting into a seemingly innocuous chocolate bar, how many of us would ever stop to consider the sweet’s provenance, or wonder whose hands had picked the cocoa seeds, and whether the farmer was paid a ... Read More »

October 30, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Satanic Purses: Money, Myth, and Misinformation in the War on Terror

By R.T. Naylor

Five years into the War on Terror, it’s remarkable how few credible voices have questioned the operating assumptions of an enterprise that Pentagon generals ominously warn will carry on for the rest of our lives. ... Read More »

July 24, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Hello … Hello: A Romantic Satire

By Karen Hines

With influences as diverse and seemingly mismatched as Greek tragedy and mid-century Hollywood musicals, Karen Hines’s latest satire is a bizarrely compelling work that may not be for all readers. A followup to Hines’s first ... Read More »

July 20, 2006 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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