Science, Technology & Environment

The Efficient Society: Why Canada Is as Close to Utopia as It Gets

According to the old refrain of the Canadian right, Americans are simply wealthier and happier than we are; if Canadians could visualize the comparison, our welfare state would be a bloated white elephant next to ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Luck of the Draw: True Life Tales of Lottery Winners and Losers

By Chris Gudgeon and Barbara Stewart

“Ka-ching!” went the strings of Owen Edmunds’ heart. The Richmond, B.C. cad then phoned his fiancée – collect – to announce that he had won half a million dollars on Lotto 6/49, and that the ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Passion Lost: Public Sex, Private Desire in the Twentieth Century

By Patricia Anderson

Passion Lost, the latest book by Vancouver literary consultant and historian Patricia Anderson – and a successor to her previous title When Passion Reigned: Sex and the Victorians – attempts to trace passion’s progress over ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls

By Karen Dubinsky

After Oscar Wilde visited Niagara Falls in 1882, he declared the waterfall must be the second greatest disappointment in American married life. Like many good jokes, Wilde’s quip worked because he left the best part ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Civil Society in Question

By Jamie Swift

According to Jamie Swift, defining the term “civil society” is like trying to pin jelly to the wall. This particular jelly is as much in vogue these days as terms like stakeholder, collateral damage, and ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Office 2000: The Complete Reference

By Stephen L. Nelson

Given the eruption of hype that usually accompanies Microsoft launches, the arrival of Office 2000 in June was a decidedly low-key event. There were no Rolling Stones tie-ins, no TV commercials, no magazine ad blitzes, ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment