Letter from Berlin: Ashes to Ashes

Ashes over Europe, ashes under Europe. From the skies of the continent to the burial grounds of Poland.

Letter from Berlin: Secret Germany

It’s icy in Berlin. A good time to get a grip on Germany’s slippery past.

Saving Haiti

Brian Fawcett tries to reassert perspective in the face of the earthquake in Haiti.

What Good Are Books?

Rick Salutin thinks we could do with a lot less book-reading.

Missing the Point about Abdulmutallab

Failed terrorism and the end of airline passenger docility.

A Florida Christmas Story

In the spirit of this Yuletide, John Harris posts a retelling of what Good King Wenceslas really did upon the Feast of Stephen–according to a now Florida-based neo-Capitalist culture hero of yore. Merry Christmas, all!

Vancouver Before the Olympics

Brian Fawcett has a look at the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics, and Vancouver’s anxiety levels over them.

Unkindest of the Kind: No-Euthanasia Policies and Other Kinds of Madness

Wally Hourback has some not-quite kind words for Tim Trow and the animal rights activists who were arrested for animal cruelty at the Toronto Humane Society..

Is Mark Kingwell Getting Dumber?

A “modest proposal” by philosophy professor Mark Kingwell is too clever by half.

Letter from Berlin: Hope Springs… Momentarily

In “Old Europe,” Obama stirs up hope… for the moment.

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