Words matter, outcomes matter more
GERRY BOWLER: In modern society, we tend to casually toss around words like racism and genocide. We need to be more respectful of these words – and their horrible history (FREE membership content)
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Tag: Books – Non-Fiction
A life of honour, tradition and service to others
GERRY CHIDIAC: The story of Mary John is one of perseverance and resilience, and should serve as an example to all who read it (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $21)
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The invaluable power of healthy skepticism
PETER STOCKLAND: Usain Bolt became the fastest human being ever by eating – wait for it – Chicken McNuggets, not following the latest health care fad (FREE membership content)
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Beaverbrook: A Canadian who liked to win
PAT MURPHY: Relentless and focused, Max Aitken wasn’t squeamish about cutting corners to get what he wanted in business and politics (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $19)
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Anti-Alberta bigotry clothed in environmental clichés and platitudes
BARRY COOPER: It is anyone’s guess how long Albertans will put up with this assault on their interests and insult to their self-respect (FREE content)
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Timely advice on how humanity can avoid self-extinction
ROBERT MCGARVEY: The author of A 21st Century Economics for the People of a Living Earth, is convinced that we’re threatened … but not doomed (PREMIUM content)
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Jim Bouton’s impact reached far beyond the baseball diamond
SPORTS: The Ball Four author was a significant social activist, speaking out about apartheid, and exposing small-town government and media corruption ($$)
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The unsung heroes of Waterloo
BOOKS: The Longest Afternoon, by historian Brendan Simms, provides depth, nuance and new insight ($$)
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The rise and fall of a Native American empire
PAT MURPHY: The Comanches were very adaptable and formidable. But nature, politics, economics and immigration eventually undid them ($$)
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