Articles

Mobile Realism

By Norbert Ruebsaat | April 11, 2013

What are those students doing, under the table, down in their laps? Norbert Ruebsaat investigates.

Iraq in the Mirror of Media: 10 Years Later

By Stan Persky | April 4, 2013

The U.S.-led war in Iraq marks its tenth anniversary. How does what the media said about it then stand up today? Dooney’s takes The Orwell Test.

The Flanagan Flap

By Stan Persky | March 4, 2013

Tom Flanagan, remember him? Probably not, if the news and spin cycle has passed you by.

Arme virumque cano

By Stan Persky | December 23, 2012

Of guns and gunmen. In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the lamentations may be loud, but the silence of the killer is deafening.

What’s Wrong with Rosalind?

By Brian Fawcett | October 29, 2012

Brian Fawcett can see a few things wrong with Sue Swan’s attempt to create another writing prize…

Signs of Impending Cultural Doom #1

By Wally Hourback | October 21, 2012

Wally Hourback uploads the first of a new series of probes into our cultural conditions–as viewed from North Bay, Ontario

Are we leaning toward R&R yet?

By Stan Persky | August 31, 2012

Dooney’s Election Central reports in from the abyss of the American election.

Some Thoughts about academic elitism, Postcolonial Impulses, and northern British Columbia

By Wally Hourback | June 4, 2012

Wally Hourback takes time out from fixing his truck to file a column from North Bay about “Postcolonialism” in Prince George, B.C.

The Limits of Civil Liberties

By Stan Persky | May 12, 2012

It’s the 50th anniversary of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. Stan Persky, a long-time BCCLA member, reflects.

The Poet and the Sound of His Own Voice

By Brian Fawcett | May 10, 2012

Brian Fawcett does some textual analysis for a confused reader of Montreal poet Norm Sibum, and explains the difference between a “blog” and an edited website.