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DVD Review: Joseph Campbell – Mythos I
A fascinating look at mankind by a man who has spent his life’s work comparing the answers accumulated by our ancestors.
Read More »Multiculturalism And The Melting Pot: Immigration In Canada And The United States, Part Two
It's time for Canadians to get off their high horses and wipe that smirk off their faces.
Read More »Multiculturalism And The Melting Pot: Immigration In Canada And The United States, Part One
Through the 1960s it was easy to portray Canada as a happy, multicultural paradise.
Read More »Book Review: Imperial Life in the Emerald City – Inside Iraq’s Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
An embarrassing indictment of the incompetence and hubris that affected almost every step of post-war decision-making.
Read More »Theocracy, Democracy, Racism, And Me
...it was to keep people like me out that those restrictions existed.
Read More »Book Review: The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay – Life in Medieval Africa by Particia and Frederick McKissack
A fine introductory account of three of the world's great kingdoms that are too little-known.
Read More »Book Review: Guinness – The 250-Year Quest for the Perfect Pint by Bill Yenne
Beer expert Yenne has written an engaging book about one of the most famous beer companies in the world.
Read More »Book Review: Effendi – Book Two Of The Arabesk Trilogy by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
...tastes that will make even the most jaded of literary palates salivate as Grimwood picks up where he left off in the first book of the series.
Read More »Music Review: Various Performers (Music Makers Relief Foundation) Blues Sweet Blues
The Music Makers Foundation has done all of us a valuable service – not just the artists it represents.
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