Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
A few weeks ago (November 2005), 77-year-old, Noam Chomsky was voted by the British monthly Prospect and Washington-based Foreign Policy as the most important public intellectual alive today. Meanwhile, Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the Council of Canadians, received...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
He (Robert Service) was a people’s poet. To the people, he was great. They understood him, and knew any verse carrying the by-line Robert W. Service would be a lilting thing, clear, clean and power packed, beating out a story with a dramatic intensity that made the...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart
Marya Fiamengo is a nationalist, and a moderate feminist. As a nationalist, she leans toward the Red Tory position. –Patience After Compline The day (October 25, 2005) promised to be a full and packed one. Robin Mathews, Glenn Woodsworth, Arnold Shives and I...