Politics & Current Affairs

Everything I Needed to Know About Business I Learned from a Canadian

Entrepreneurs and authors Leonard Brody and David Raffa want you to know: Canadians are more entrepreneurial than they think they are. Using the success stories of 16 Canadians from diverse fields – everything from cosmetics to ... Read More »

August 10, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Martyr’s Oath: The Apprenticeship of an Al Qaeda Terrorist

By Stewart Bell

A few years back, Malcolm Gladwell wrote about suicide in the Pacific islands of Micronesia as a kind of phenomenon that “tipped” and became an epidemic. A few kids killed themselves. Then a few more. ... Read More »

August 2, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Cul-de-sac

By Daniel MacIvor

In his latest play, Cul-de-sac, playwright and performer Daniel MacIvor hits the ground running in the shape of a character named Leonard. Leonard lives in one of the six houses neatly tucked away in a ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Greed, Inc.: Why Corporations Rule Our World and How We Let It Happen

By Wade Rowland

Facing the brutal reality of a mean-spirited corporate downsizing after a long and successful media career, Wade Rowland didn’t just get mad, he got philosophical. What results is a happy conclusion, in that he’s produced ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

No Time: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life

By Heather Menzies; $

It has become axiomatic that nobody has “time” anymore: time for family, time to finish a day’s work, time for introspection. And despite the ubiquity of computers and related technologies, such as email, voicemail, and ... Read More »

May 17, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada’s Most Notorious Bootlegger

By Antonio Nicaso

Lovers of the true-crime genre will appreciate this new biography of one of Canada’s most feared gangsters for two reasons. The first is that the book’s author, Antonio Nicaso, is widely regarded as Canada’s leading ... Read More »

March 11, 2005 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Secret Trial: Brian Mulroney, Stevie Cameron and the Public Trust

By William Kaplan

If the Airbus mess seems like a story that won’t ever go away, it’s partly because underneath the litany of deception, professional misconduct, kickback allegations, axes to grind, and other assorted muck, there remain key ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Rushing to Armageddon: The Shocking Truth About Canada, Missile Defence, and Star Wars

By Mel Hurtig

To say the Bush administration has shrewdly and cynically used the events of Sept. 11 to launch the most aggressive military build-up and unilateral foreign policy since the Cold War probably qualifies as understatement. Bush’s ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

It’s the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil, and the Fight for the Planet

By Linda McQuaig

From her perch as one of Canada’s best-known muckraking journalists, Linda McQuaig has tackled her biggest topic to date: the future of the planet. The author of such well-received political critiques as Shooting the Hippo ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Big Sister: How Extreme Feminism Has Betrayed the Fight for Sexual Equality

By Neil Boyd

Neil Boyd opens Big Sister, a supposed exposé on how extreme feminism has “trampled important human rights and simple common sense,” with the story of how an encounter between a Hollywood producer and a girl ... Read More »

July 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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