Is Canada on a well-worn path to destruction?
LEE HARDING: There are surprising commonalities in the rise and fall of 11 historic empires. Canada is on the same path (FREE)
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¡Ay, caramba! Is it time for The Simpsons to pack it in?
MICHAEL TAUBE: The series had its golden years in the 1980s and 1990s. Although it won Emmys in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, it only snagged one award between 2009 and 2020 ($29)
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CRTC overreaching with its proposed internet regulations
PETER MENZIES: The goal is less about the interests of consumers and more about funnelling money to special interest groups (FREE)
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Winners and losers after a full year of Coronapocalypse
MAURICE TOUGAS: Maurice Tougas has joined our team. Maurice was twice named best columnist in Canada by the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and was a finalist for the Golden Quill award from the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors ($29)
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The cultural ripples of the fight of the century
PAT MURPHY: The first Ali-Frazier fight was boxing at its most thrilling. But it was also surrounded by name calling and racial strife, with political overtones ($29)
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CBC trying to shake free of its mandate as a public broadcaster
PETER MENZIES: The RCI controversy shows CBC’s primary purpose is the acquisition – at the expense of private broadcasters – of audiences and money (FREE)
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Digging deep into John Wayne’s western films to find gems
PAT MURPHY: He made scads of westerns, ranging from mediocre to excellent. Count Red River, Rio Bravo, True Grit and The Shootist among his best ($29)
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If you like medieval drama, The Last Kingdom fits the bill
TV REVIEW: The Last Kingdom isn’t a scrupulously accurate historical documentary. Still, it’s quite engrossing as a viewing spectacle ($29)
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Time for a rational approach to environmental issues
MICHAEL TAUBE: Fortunately, some writers and thinkers still believe in healthy debate and intellectual discourse on the environment. One of them is Peter Foster ($29)
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A user’s guide to coping in an age of anxiety
SCIENCE: Health law and policy professor Timothy Caulfield takes readers through an average day to show how evidence can allay our fears and inform our decisions (FREE)
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Cary Grant was a complicated, brilliant creation
PAT MURPHY: Grant may have lacked formal education and been a troubled soul, but he was nobody’s fool when it came to practising his trade and taking care of business [Use Coupon Code CC25 at checkout and SAVE 25%!]
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A revisionist history of who won the U.S. Civil War
MICHAEL TAUBE: New book maintains that the North may have won the war, but the South won the battle of ideas Use Coupon Code 11608 at checkout and save $5!
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