Reading Time: 3 minutes Democracy is anathema for those convinced of the correctness of their views, the righteousness of their morality and the superiority of their intelligence
Category: A&E
A new wave of B.C. small-town cultural renaissance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Let’s be honest, most of B.C.’s artistic community has always lived on the Gulf Islands, on Vancouver Island, up the Sunshine Coast, in Haida Gwaii rather than in Vancouver
Heroes and villains: how history picks the winners
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Second World War movie Darkest Hour raises questions about perspective and reality
The art of healing should include art
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes it’s not enough to heal the body. Art also has a role in health care. But funding for programs that bring art to patients is in short supply in Alberta
Luck plays a big part in creating a winning athlete
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fire the coach. Yell at the players to motivate them. Or accept that luck plays a significant role in the outcome, no matter how valiant your efforts
When a kiss is just a kiss
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fairy tales impart pro-social values and are full of lessons for the young. We do our children no favours when we read lust and sexual assault into them
Poland’s 20th century tragedy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Stuck between Germany and the Soviet Union didn’t stop thousands of Poles from contributing to the war effort in the 1940s
How alcohol is killing Aboriginal Canadians
Reading Time: 6 minutes In his important book Firewater, Harold Johnson talks about the enormous problem of alcohol abuse that plagues so many Indigenous communities
While we focus on sexual abuse, we can’t forget power abuse
Reading Time: 3 minutes Power abuse comes in many shapes and sizes. We need to put systems in place to control it
Why you still subsidize some channels when you pay your cable bill
Reading Time: 3 minutes Little wonder that the CRTC has been the focus of so much public contempt