'Blue Mafia' by Tim Tolka opens a window into a world of police brutality we all know exists, but most of us have not had the clarity to see how bad it really is.
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Book Review: Mike’s Election Guide 2008 by Michael Moore and The Do-It-Yourself Constitutional Amendment Kit by Nathaniel Whitten
Two new works of political satire each achieve mixed results in combining humor, advocacy and education.
Read More »Book Review: Unjust Justice by Chantal Delsol
In our eagerness to see justice done we run the serious risk of committing a serious injustice.
Read More »Book Review: The Peacekeeper by Shabbir Ahsan
The best book set in a war zone that you're liable to read in a long time.
Read More »Book Review (Play): The Portrait Of Mahatma Gandhi by Himendra Thakur
Surely there must be a better way of defending the Mahatma's grand vision than this?
Read More »Book Review: The Last Of The Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi
A beautiful book that does the seemingly impossible of holding humans up to ridicule while exalting their potential simultaneously.
Read More »Book Review: Very Hard Choices by Spider Robinson
An intelligent and thought provoking book that might have you challenging your own assumptions.
Read More »Interview: Elizabeth Pisani, Author Of The Wisdom Of Whores And HIV/AIDS Advocate
"If we don't spend the money on those most at risk what are we really doing to stop the spread of the disease?"
Read More »Book Review: Blood River – A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart by Tim Butcher
Takes you gently through the 20th-century horror ride that is the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read More »BC Radio Live: Filmmaker Katy Chevigny and Authors Ed Strosser and Michael Prince
From presidential elections to bird guano...
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