Stan Persky taught philosophy at Capilano University in N. Vancouver, B.C. He received the 2010 B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. His most recent books are Reading the 21st Century: Books of the Decade, 2000-2009 (McGill-Queen's, 2011), Post-Communist Stories: About Cities, Politics, Desires (Cormorant, 2014), and Letter from Berlin: Essays 2015-2016 (Dooney's, 2017).
McCain’s Meme
The message from John McCain’s funeral.
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Dear Old Golden Rule Days
Sheldon Goldfarb’s history of student life at UBC takes us back to school.
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Philip Roth (1933-2018): Indelible
Remembering Philip Roth and his indelible novel, “The Human Stain.”
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Ageing G-r-r-acefully
I’m mad as hell and…
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Words Falling on Disabled Ears
Trump is deciding whether to pull out of the Iran deal. French president Emmanuel Macron had some friendly advice.
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Ashes and Embers
Taking a second look at Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury.”
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Monday, Monday in Europe… You Gave Me No Warning
In Italy, La Dolce Vita turns sour; in Germany, “stability” is still in fashion; in Switzerland, yodel-oh.
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Letter from Europe: Worst-Case Scenarios
The Grand Tour is more precarious than it used to be.
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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy (Part MMXVIII)
Some mornings, we sit by the waters of Babylon and scroll down.
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2017: Last Year’s Reading
Longer than a tweet, faster than a Fox News lie, here are some of the books of the year — read, re-read, and not-so-red in the Age of Trumpty-Dumpty.
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