John Doyle

Richard Zurawski is a very angry man. He is also deeply concerned. How concerned? Here is his statement a few pages into this blistering book: Science has been systematically attacked, both from within and from without. And the attack has overwhelmed our society in a matter of decades and undermined centuries of progress and enlightenment … It is not an overstatement to say we are on the threshold of losing five centuries of progress and regressing backwards to a time when…

It was a relief to read in Alan Twigg’s knowing and witty book that I am not alone. At one point in Full-Time: A Soccer Story, Twigg relates how he deals with sleepless nights. He explains that at 4 a.m. he tiptoes downstairs and turns on the TV. He is not looking for news reports or old…

One damp and dour Toronto morning this past winter, I was doing what authors of new books are obliged to do—talking about my book and drumming up sales. I was speaking at one of those wonderful books-and-breakfast events that match interested readers with enthusiastic authors. There were three of us authors at the event. Everybody had a fine…