THE DARK SIDE OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY
The Dark Side of Christian HistoryThe Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe: Morningstar and Lark, Orlando Florida, 1999 ISBN 0-9644873-4-9 This is the sort of book that I…
history
THE DARK SIDE OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY
The Dark Side of Christian History The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe: Morningstar and Lark, Orlando Florida, 1999 ISBN 0-9644873-4-9 This is the sort of book that…
THE DARK SIDE OF CHRISTIAN HISTORY
The Dark Side of Christian History The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe: Morningstar and Lark, Orlando Florida, 1999 ISBN 0-9644873-4-9 This is the sort of book that…
thoughts on "the central park five": new york city, the central park jogger, and me
We’ve just seen “The Central Park Five,” the Ken Burns film about five young men of colour who were wrongfully arrested, indicted, and convicted of rape and attempted murder, and…
what i’m watching: ken burns’ "prohibition", an excellent documentary
This week we finished Ken Burns’ excellent documentary “Prohibition,” and I recommend it highly to everyone who enjoys history. Most of us know at least something about Prohibition, especially how…
Russia in Revolt
RUSSIA IN REVOLT: THE FIRST CRACK IN TSARIST POWER ‘Russia in Revolt: The First Crack in Tsarist Power’ by David Floyd. Macdonald Library of the 20th Century, Macdonald and Co.,…
Russia in Revolt
RUSSIA IN REVOLT: THE FIRST CRACK IN TSARIST POWER 'Russia in Revolt: The First Crack in Tsarist Power' by David Floyd. Macdonald Library of the 20th Century, Macdonald and Co.,…
Russia in Revolt
RUSSIA IN REVOLT: THE FIRST CRACK IN TSARIST POWER 'Russia in Revolt: The First Crack in Tsarist Power' by David Floyd. Macdonald Library of the 20th Century, Macdonald and Co.,…
Russia in Revolt
RUSSIA IN REVOLT: THE FIRST CRACK IN TSARIST POWER ‘Russia in Revolt: The First Crack in Tsarist Power’ by David Floyd. Macdonald Library of the 20th Century, Macdonald and Co.,…
Nervous Norvus
A song from my childhood was on the satellite radio this evening. Transfusion, by Nervous Norvus. I looked him up on YouTube. He passed away a good many decades ago…
justin doolittle in salon: stop thanking the troops for your freedom. they didn’t give it to you.
Justin Doolittle, writing in Salon, takes down the military lovefest currently enveloping professional sports in North America: “Stop thanking the troops for me: No, they don’t “protect our freedoms!”“ Doolittle…
11.11: lest we forget, let’s not forget: there is no glory in war.
For Canadians who fear and distrust the steadily growing militarism suffusing the culture of our country, two recent books are indispensable: What We Talk About When We Talk About War,…
Bread, Madness and Christianity
The witch craze of Europe is a popular, albeit often misrepresented, part of our collective history. Everyone knows witches were hunted, tortured and often killed – burned at the stake,…
Syria- A Short History
SYRIA – A SHORT HISTORY By Phillip K. Hitti, Colier Books, New York 1961 This book is an abridgement of the author’s previous work ‘History of Syria Including Lebanon and…
Syria- A Short History
SYRIA – A SHORT HISTORY By Phillip K. Hitti, Colier Books, New York 1961 This book is an abridgement of the author’s previous work ‘History of Syria Including Lebanon and…
noah richler: canada was shaped by discussion and compromise, not through war
distorts and downplays the significant roles that Canadian politicians, diplomats, jurists and a variety of other civilians (such as artists) have had in shaping not just the domestic Canadian polity…
rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day: The Gilded Age returned with a vengeance in our time. It slipped in quietly at first, back in the early 1980s, when Ronald Reagan began…
the harper government’s vision of canada, in our passports and in our wallets
Some years ago, I analyzed the “Discover Canada”, the most recent guide for immigrants studying for the Canadian citizenship exam. I compared the booklet to the previous citizenship guide, “A…