Trudeau, He Ain’t by Max Fawcett Mercifully, it seems that the next federal election is at least a few months away, now that the confrontation over employment insurance, medical isotopes, and various other points of disagreement between the governing Conservatives and opposition Liberals has been postponed... [Read more...]
The Snowflake from the Snow by Stan Persky 1. A man is riding on a bus across Turkey, more than a thousand kilometres, from Istanbul in the west, to Kars, a provincial city in the far northeastern corner of the country near the Armenian-Georgian borders. It’s wet and snowy. He’s a Turkish poet, in his early... [Read more...]
The Northern Name Game by Max Fawcett When I took a job as the editor in chief of the weekly newspaper in Chetwynd, B.C., the last thing that I expected to trip me up was my spelling. Aside from my willingness to work in a two stoplight town three hours north of Prince George whose primary exports are coal, lumber,... [Read more...]
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Trudeau, He Ain’tMax Fawcett examines the comparisons that have been made between Michael Ignatieff and Pierre Trudeau, but finds little of substance to support them.
The Northern Name GameMax Fawcett discovers that up north, names aren’t ever what they seem to be.
Is Mark Kingwell Getting Dumber?A “modest proposal” by philosophy professor Mark Kingwell is too clever by half.
Robin Blaser, 1925-2009: Death’s DutyReflections on the death of poet Robin Blaser.
Letter from Berlin: The Twilight of the GodsBerlin goes to the polls to vote on religion versus ethics.
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The Snowflake from the SnowIn Orhan Pamuk’s novel about contemporary Turkey, it’s snowing at the end of the world.
Homeland AloneStan Persky reads the war books of a belligerent decade.
HeroesStan Persky reads an unforgettable novel about heroes.
IndelibleStan Persky re-reads the first great American novel of the millennium.
What Species of WriterBrian Fawcett reads a strange and readable book.
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Gary GoodyearRecently minted Federal Minister of Science and Technology under Stephen Harper. He is a chiropractor by profession, and an evangelical Christian. Is his belief that dinosaurs roamed the earth 6014 years ago and that Intelligent Design is actually intelligence a job qualification? Harper evidently thinks it is.
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