The Column
The end of the world used to include Death, War, Famine and Pestilence. The 2017 edition features Climate Change, Civil War, Nuclear Armageddon, and Trump. And don’t forget the Pink Lady.What’s a Dreamer to do?
Read MoreThinking through the controversy over a child soldier.
Read MoreBrian Fawcett attends the AGM of the Writers’ Union of Canada, encounters several revolutions in the making, along with a Manifesto written by writers who are clinically insane or pathologically angry. He passes on the revolutions and joins the angry and/or the crazy writers.
Read MoreHe stuck his finger in the leaky dike. Did it stop the floodwaters of right-wing populism washing over Europe?
Read MoreThe joys of free speech and writing columns-by-number.
Read MoreNanaimo, B.C. held its first Pride Parade. But when?
Read MoreHow to keep your head (and mind) when most of the “narrative” about the 2016 U.S. presidential election is b.s.
Read MoreJohn Harris reads the work of 1970s Vancouver poetry icon Daphne Marlatt through the eyes of her relationship with her son, Kit. This is part of a series of parent/offspring critical studies Harris has embarked on.
Read MoreA few months ago, Conrad Black returned to the Christian faith. John Harris looks it over, and says, “Not so fast”.
Read MoreThe writers’ organization , PEN, is giving an award to Charlie Hebdo magazine. Six prominent writers are protesting. What’s at stake?
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