Articles

Not His Year

By Max Fawcett | January 23, 2007

Max Fawcett reviews George Stroumboulopoulos's difficult 2006, but sees good things ahead for one of the CBC's best assets.

BiC and Black

By Brian Fawcett | January 22, 2007
Brian Fawcett, with considerable help from Stan Persky, files a long analysis of Adrian and Olga Stein's essay "Auto da Fe: Conrad Black, Corporate Governance and the End of Economic Man", which recently appeared in Books In Canada

A Tale of Two Unions

By David Banerjee | January 15, 2007

Toronto author and teacher David Banerjee explores the Oaxaca teachers
strikes from the past year, and wonders if his union's next bargaining strategy should include Molotov cocktails.

Iceberg, Dead Ahead

By Max Fawcett | January 15, 2007
Max Fawcett discusses why the NDP may be fighting for its very survival, rather than further electoral gains, in the next federal election.

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing: Welcome to Post-Gay

By Stan Persky | December 21, 2006

You may have already forgotten Canada’s let’s-hope-it’s-final debate about same-sex marriage and other affections. It happened way back when, a couple of weeks ago, or in the media’s amnesiac timeline, in a previous lifetime. Here’s what nobody bothered to say about it. 

Early Bets on the Next Liberal Leader

By Max Fawcett | December 13, 2006

Max Fawcett examines the recently concluded Liberal leadership race, and takes a look at the role that Canada’s newest Rainmaker will play in the next one…

Writing Nonfiction in Canada: A Manifesto

By Myrna Kostash | October 29, 2006

Longtime dooneyscafe.com foreign correspondant Myrna Kostash, this time from her Edmonton home base, wonders why nonfiction isn’t taken seriously in Canada, and has some disturbing conclusions.

Memory of Samothrace

By Margaret Randall | October 25, 2006

Margaret Randall traces the travels of the Winged Victory.

The Language in My Blood

By Margaret Randall | October 25, 2006

Margaret Randall thinks about the ways we transmit mother-tongues.

Remembering Bill Hoffer

By Brian Fawcett | October 24, 2006

An unpleasant e-mail encounter with a writer irate at an article that has appeared here triggers memories of the late Bill Hoffer