Politics & Current Affairs

The Merger: A Criminal Conspiracy to Take Over Canada and the World

The ways of the mob have been changed forever by new faces who make the traditional Mafiosi seem benign. Mobologist Jeffrey Robinson, whose specialty is chronicling money laundering, focuses here on Colombian narcotrafficantes, corrupt Mexican ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Be Good, Sweet Maid: The Trials of Dorothy Joudrie

By Audrey Andrews

Cynics could argue that Dorothy Joudrie was guilty of hyperbole when she fired six bullets into the body of her estranged husband, Earl. Despite her excessive gesture (and partly because Dorothy called 911 shortly thereafter), ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Lambton Kent

By André Alexis

This short play by André Alexis is a strange but memorable diversion. It takes the form of a lecture to the Nigerian Geographical Society by Dr. Ken Mtubu, a distinguished anthropologist who gives an account ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Who’s in the Goose Tonight: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Theatre

By Vernon Chapman

For one performance of a sketch for Spring Thaw, the annual revue that saved the bacon of the New Play Society in Toronto, actor Ted Follows, who had been absent from the show for a ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Watchdogs and Gadflies: Activism from Marginal to Mainstream

By Tim Falconer

In Watchdogs and Gadflies, Tim Falconer gladly reveals his personal bias: In a climate of increasing corporate control, dwindling public resources, and environmental devastation, there is no room for passive spectators. Falconer wants everyone to ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

On Kiddie Porn: Sexual Representation, Free Speech and the Robin Sharpe Case

By Stan Persky and John Dixon

“This pervert lives in the building.” This message accompanied a photo of Robin Sharpe that was put up in his Vancouver apartment complex after he was charged with possession of child pornography. The first chapter ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Trailblazers: Women Talk About Changing Canada

By Judith Finlayson

Considering the achievements of working women today, it’s hard to believe that not so long ago many doors were closed to women. In Judith Finlayson’s new book, Trailblazers, she reminds us of the challenges and ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies

By Naomi Klein

Toronto journalist Naomi Klein’s No Logo is certain to become a well-thumbed handbook for consumer activists, but it will hardly thrill fashion doyennes, advertising moguls, or mega-corporation CEOs.Klein writes with passion and panache, skewering ever-burgeoning ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Memos to the Prime Minister: What Canada Could Be in the 21st Century

By Harvey Schachter, ed.

Canadians dissatisfied with the lack of discussion of clear public policy alternatives during last fall’s federal election campaign can rejoice at the arrival of this new resource. In Memos to the Prime Minister, Harvey Schachter ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Crimes of Passion: An Unblinking Look at Murderous Love

By Howard Engel

Howard Engel’s second non-fiction book, Crimes of Passion, is another thematic collection of material relating to death, but this time it is the provocation rather than the process that’s under examination. The assumed link between ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

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