So asks Russell Smith in yesterday’s Globe and Mail. What begins as a justified rant against the Huffington Post‘s abusing free talent for corporate profit (to the tune of $315 million) ends in a mystified intergenerational musing on the abuse … Continue reading →

Cardus does research on all kinds of things: the contribution of churches to the vitality of cities, the importance of charitable giving for society, outcomes of education, as well as work and economics. What’s the point of all this research? … Continue reading →

There was a day when belonging to a political party meant something. It was a way of expressing, however vaguely, something of what you aspired for your country, what the good life was like. These days the life is being … Continue reading →

An American novelist I know found himself front-page news in the city where he lives last week because of parental complaints about the language in one of his books. The work, which has been on a recommended reading list in … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday Scott Cairns published an important reflection on Why I am Against Justice. Scott Cairns is a wonderful writer, professor of English and co-director of a writing program. What he is not is a political theorist. His general complaint … Continue reading →

Tyndale University College in Toronto cancelled an appearance by President George W. Bush short weeks ago, around the time of the tenth anniversary of September 11. The sentiment of Tyndale supporters echoed the calls south of the border on that … Continue reading →

Business is booming in Brazil. So is Christianity. What does the latter mean for the former, and vice-versa? The former statement has become commonplace in discussions about the world’s economy. While the U.S. and Europe begin to experience the full … Continue reading →

The task of keeping the torch of Canada’s most dominant political dynasty aflame has suddenly become considerably more daunting. Either Gary Mar, Alison Redford, or Doug Horner—a trio of unabashed “progressives”—will be chosen by those with Progressive Conservative memberships on … Continue reading →

In a book released this month, Quebec writer Dany Laferrière crafts a perfect image from his Haitian childhood to convey his relationship to books. “I went to school with my sister. Together we formed a strange procession. People turned to … Continue reading →

As I mentioned last week, my students and I have been pondering the different ways Christians across time and space have viewed culture and their place in it. On Monday we tied it up by talking about the “Christ Transforming … Continue reading →