The Column

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.

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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.

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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.

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Letter from Berlin: Gunter Grass’s Poem

By Stan Persky | April 17, 2012

Gunter Grass writes a poem, and something happens. Stan Persky explains.

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The Errors of Their Ways: A French Lesson

By Lola Lemire Tostevin | April 5, 2012

Lola Lemire Tostevin has some pointed remarks about Franchophile anglos who massacre the French language because they don’t notice that being a Francophile isn’t the same thing as being a Francophone.

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Letter from Berlin: John Cage Season

By Stan Persky | March 26, 2012

In Berlin, spring is in the air. So is the music of John Cage.

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Rioting Police, Mayors Who Won’t March and other stories

By Wally Hourback | June 25, 2011

Wally Hourback, writing from North Bay, comments on some recent news items

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A Post Election Rant

By Norbert Ruebsaat | May 18, 2011

Norbert Ruebsaat thinks Stephen Harper is a Dungeons and Dragons politician, and he thinks even less of NDP leader Jack Layton

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Scenes from the Digital Revolution #467

By Gordon Lockheed | May 16, 2011

In accordance with our “Always glad to help a fella on the make” rules, Gordon Lockheed answers a letter.

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Letter from Berlin: True Patriot Distractedness

By Stan Persky | April 10, 2011

Stan Persky’s attention is riveted by the Canadian election.

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