http://www.cardus.ca/contributors/dsilliman en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:43:51 -0400 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:43:51 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2035/ When things we thought were permanent start to slip away, we have to decide whether we're willing to again be as helpless as babies.... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 When things we thought were permanent start to slip away, we have to decide whether we're willing to again be as helpless as babies.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/767/ Comment asked regular contributors to tell us of signs of hope they see in their daily work, in the spheres of culture where they are most active, or in the world at large. What follows is their obser... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Comment asked regular contributors to tell us of signs of hope they see in their daily work, in the spheres of culture where they are most active, or in the world at large. What follows is their obser... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/59/ We are reassured by crime fiction. It helps us separate ourselves from sinners, reaffirming our prejudices and politics. Until James Ellroy drops us in the alley, guiding our descent until we surrend... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 We are reassured by crime fiction. It helps us separate ourselves from sinners, reaffirming our prejudices and politics. Until James Ellroy drops us in the alley, guiding our descent until we surrend... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/65/ I talk to people and write stories for a newspaper. It's pretty simple. I'm a crime reporter, so I mostly write about police and criminals and bad things that happen in my community—people hurti... Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 I talk to people and write stories for a newspaper. It's pretty simple. I'm a crime reporter, so I mostly write about police and criminals and bad things that happen in my community—people hurti... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/220/ The Cold War ended, and, since its collapse, a generation came of age unlearned in duck and cover drills, unafraid of Red Menaces, and unfamiliar with nuclear wasteland nightmares. A generation was bo... Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400 The Cold War ended, and, since its collapse, a generation came of age unlearned in duck and cover drills, unafraid of Red Menaces, and unfamiliar with nuclear wasteland nightmares. A generation was bo... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/199/ The failure of the New York Intellectuals, finally—after a life in the American public as critics and theorists, pundits and intellectuals—was the failure to pass on a tradition. They beca... Thu, 01 Jan 2004 01:00:00 -0500 The failure of the New York Intellectuals, finally—after a life in the American public as critics and theorists, pundits and intellectuals—was the failure to pass on a tradition. They beca...