Dooney's Cafe

by Stan Persky
Reading Richard Rorty, 1931-2007. Comments (1)

by Stan Persky
The G-8 Demo in Rostock.

by Stan Persky
An American anthropologist in a Syrian steambath.

by Max Fawcett

Max Fawcett discusses why one of Toronto's newest folk heroes needs to turn down the rhetorical volume.

by Brian Fawcett
Brian Fawcett has had enough of Anthony Bourdain and chefs as Darwinist culture heroes, particularly when they decide to write autobiographies.

by Norbert Ruebsaat
Norbert Ruebsaat revisits some books and remembers how reading got started.

by Max Fawcett

Max Fawcett discusses the future of the electronic book and the dangers inherent in the literary establishment's approach to dealing with it.

by Stan Persky
France picks a president.

by Stan Persky
A theological long weekend.

by Stan Persky
Global warming, AIDS in Africa, Iraq quagmire, Israeli-Palestinian conflict... Got enough to worry about? Jason Epstein says, Put nuclear weapons back on your list of worries.