November 2008

Angry Mister Nice Guy

The last prime minister’s memoir displays contradiction, not candour

Our Canadian Republic

Do we display too much deference to authority—or not enough?

What Do We Owe?

An exploration of pacts with the Devil and other transactions

The Karaoke Classics

A view from inside China’s Confucian revival

Love-Making through Word-Making

Elizabeth Bowen’s letters and Charles Ritchie’s diaries create a passionate mix.

Beyond the Counting House

How Canada developed a system of national accounts to explain our economy.

History Etched in Stone

A new book takes readers on a tour of last resting places in Canada.

Eliminating the Caboose

Technological advances need to override nostalgia and ideology in our healthcare system.

Tabloid Science

Does a personal approach to scientists’ lives help explain quantum physics?

The Cree in Crisis

A novel laments the loss of traditions from one generation to the next.

Cross-Racial Tragedy

A white writer uses an incendiary Native event purely as backdrop.

Imperial America

Two Canadian authors examine our over-reaching neighbour.

Swiftian Wit and Zen Insight

The monk Thomas Merton receives a love letter from a Canadian adorer.

Women on the High Seas

Another study adds to the little-known history of Canadian female occupations.

Regret: for Joaquin

You Would Think

Conscience

Camille

as apology does

Spiritual Dissent

Falun Gong, the Chinese Communist Party and their apocalyptic struggle for China

An Informed Citizenry?

Expanding media in China does not necessarily mean a challenge to power