The tragedy of Oscar Wilde
PAT MURPHY: The Anglo-Irish playwright, poet and novelist ended up imprisoned, the casualty of his own foolishness
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What an aging society will mean for inequality, inflation
PAT MURPHY: A labour shortage will reduce income inequality. But inflation will trend higher
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
Some ‘Christians’ deserve our anger and contempt
GERRY CHIDIAC: When we learn to listen to our anger and filter it through our chosen spiritual tradition, it becomes a powerful force for good
Fenians used Canada as an Irish revolutionary pawn
PAT MURPHY: There were five armed Fenian incursions into Canada between 1866 and 1871. But they failed and the whole thing eventually petered out
