What an aging society will mean for inequality, inflation
PAT MURPHY: A labour shortage will reduce income inequality. But inflation will trend higher
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Category: A&E
Windsor bookstore’s highly successful venture into publishing
MICHAEL TAUBE: Biblioasis has recently released two new books, one on baseball, the other on the origins of Covid
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Comedy is a powerful force in exposing what is wrong
GERRY CHIDIAC: What we consider funny reflects the culture of the time and can also reveal our deepest thoughts. Laughter is central to being human
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BOOKS: The assassination of Sir Henry Wilson Ireland’s Sarajevo?
PAT MURPHY: Regardless of the reaction to Wilson’s death, the Irish civil war was likely to happen. No government can tolerate an armed opposition
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Richard Nixon’s California embarrassment
PAT MURPHY: How did a man with one of the highest profiles in American politics – someone who’d just come within a hairsbreadth of winning the presidency in 1960 – flop so badly in 1962?
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The legend of King Arthur is a gift that keeps on giving
PAT MURPHY: Although the legend of King Arthur may be a fabrication, the story has powerful resonance. The cast of characters is catnip for dramatists
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What path should the Conservatives take?
MICHAEL TAUBE: The battle between Convoy Conservatives and Club Conservatives has led to a ‘new divide’ between people and elites
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The past is a foreign country. Just ask Keith Richards
PAT MURPHY: The changes in attitudes over the past half-century are astounding. Today’s world is something my parents would scarcely recognize
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Hollywood icons and the Second World War
PAT MURPHY: Some Hollywood legends actually participated in the reality of war, rather than merely on celluloid
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Remembering the great comics of yesteryear
MICHAEL TAUBE: When it comes to favourite humour comics, my list is exhaustive. Each strip was a work of art in its own right
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Canada’s Fenian years featured some interesting personalities
PAT MURPHY IN BOOKS: A plotter, a spy with an overactive libido and a three-time attempted invader all called themselves Fenians
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Patrick Watson was a giant of Canadian broadcasting
MICHAEL TAUBE: A brilliant mind with a critical eye. Intelligent, engaging, curious, humorous and innovative
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