Daniel Gawthrop
Daniel Gawthrop is a Vancouver writer, and the author of several books, the most recent of which is "The Trial of Pope Benedict: Joseph Ratzinger and the Vatican's Assault on Reason, Compassion and Human Dignity" (Arsenal Pulp, 2013).
After the Asshole Apocalypse
How to keep thinking during and after the Apocalypse. Dan Gawthrop has a few practical suggestions.
Read MoreOmar Khadr: Window on the Canadian Soul
Thinking through the controversy over a child soldier.
Read MoreNanaimo Pride: The Resistance of Memory
Nanaimo, B.C. held its first Pride Parade. But when?
Read MoreAn Independent Newsroom Where Self-Censorship Rules
Dan Gawthrop reports from Burma. The post-dictatorship press looks “independent,” but what about the big story on which it is tip-toeing the government line?
Read MoreThe Lady, the Cult, and the Dented Halo
Dan Gawthrop on the future of Myanmar, and its internationally renowned political figure, Aung San Suu Kyi, “The Lady.”
Read MoreA “gay-friendly pope”? Let’s hope.
Dan Gawthrop is keeping an eye on Pope Francis.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Sun: Death by a Thousand Buyouts
Dan Gawthrop investigates the Vancouver Sun story that the Vancouver Sun can’t print.
Read MoreVatican Council II’s Last Great Champion
Dan Gawthrop, a lapsed Roman Catholic, makes a case for the life and work of his childhood bishop, Remi De Roo, one of the few surviving participants of the Second Vatican Council.
Read MoreMiracle Whip and Cuban Salsa
Daniel Gawthrop explains why he can’t bring himself to shell out $11.50 to see Hollywood’s latest hockey metaphor for jingoistic porn.
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