Politics & Current Affairs

McLuhan’s Children: The Greenpeace Message and the Media

These days, exhuming the intellectual corpse of media theorist Marshall McLuhan has become a cottage industry in publishing. As the patron saint of Wired magazine and the self-described mentor of numerous media pundits, McLuhan has ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace

By Dale Spender

Having read her bestseller Man Made Language, I expected the Australian academic and veteran feminist to tear into cyber-hype like a pitbull with a reserved spot in the dogma pound.Retry.Spender wants us to experiment on ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Big, Bold and Beautiful: Living Large on a Small Planet

By Jackqueline Hope

Following on the heels of American Naomi Wolf’s critically acclaimed The Beauty Myth and the recently published Lip Service: The Truth about Women’s Darker Side in Sex, Love and Friendship by Canadian journalist Kate Fillion, ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

No Fat Chicks: How Women Are Brainwashed to Hate Their Bodies and Spend Their Money

By Terry Poulton

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Democracy’s Oxygen: How Corporate Media Smother the Facts

By James Winter

On March 2, 1996, Conrad Black took an axe to two newspapers: the Regina Leader-Post and the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. In a single day, later called “Black Saturday,” 182 people were laid off – 25% of ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

SCTV: Behind the Scenes

By Dave Thomas with Robert Crane and Susan Carney

In his introduction, former SCTV cast member Dave Thomas explains that he was prompted to write this book after being contacted by another writer treating the same subject. Not wanting anything to do with it, ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Significant Incident: Canada’s Army, the Airborne, and the Murder in Somalia

By David Bercuson

The Somalia affair began with a brutal murder committed by members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment and has evolved into a disgraceful exercise in denial and deceit all the way up the chain of command. ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tarnished Brass: Greed and Corruption in the Canadian Military

By Scott Taylor, Brian Nolan

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Celebrity Murders and Other Nefarious Deeds

By Max Haines

Max Haines is the country’s self-described “master of mayhem.” He’s been writing the Crime Flashback column for The Toronto Sun for more than 20 years. And he claims to have researched more than 1,500 cases ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Invisible Darkness: The Strange Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

By Stephen Williams

Unlike its hastily assembled cousins, Stephen Williams’ Invisible Darkness (handsomely designed and published in a hefty hardcover format) promises a more thoughtful, comprehensive analysis of Karla and Paul and, a reader would hope, at least ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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McLuhan’s Children: The Greenpeace Message and the Media

Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace

Big, Bold and Beautiful: Living Large on a Small Planet

No Fat Chicks: How Women Are Brainwashed to Hate Their Bodies and Spend Their Money

Democracy’s Oxygen: How Corporate Media Smother the Facts

SCTV: Behind the Scenes

Significant Incident: Canada’s Army, the Airborne, and the Murder in Somalia

Tarnished Brass: Greed and Corruption in the Canadian Military

Celebrity Murders and Other Nefarious Deeds

Invisible Darkness: The Strange Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

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