http://www.cardus.ca/contributors/jmbertrand en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:52 -0400 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:52 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2801/ High-brow or low-brow, genre or literary, timeless or trendy—read what you like.... Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 High-brow or low-brow, genre or literary, timeless or trendy—read what you like.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2336/ Edwards says his goal was to create "the world's most realistic monster movie." What he ended up with makes me wonder if what's killing Hollywood is having too much.... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Edwards says his goal was to create "the world's most realistic monster movie." What he ended up with makes me wonder if what's killing Hollywood is having too much.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2182/ Call it optimism or call it denial, but I'm not one of those people who thinks the world is on its last legs. Even so, the literature of the meltdown fascinates me.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Call it optimism or call it denial, but I'm not one of those people who thinks the world is on its last legs. Even so, the literature of the meltdown fascinates me.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2010/ Until now, the End of the Book has been a symbol of the End of Civilization. The anaesthetized drones of the leisure society have no time to read. They are too busy being entertained.... Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Until now, the End of the Book has been a symbol of the End of Civilization. The anaesthetized drones of the leisure society have no time to read. They are too busy being entertained.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1227/ If the most popular novels the average adult reads are in fact written for precocious teens, what does that say about us?... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 If the most popular novels the average adult reads are in fact written for precocious teens, what does that say about us?... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1145/ The appeal of forensic thrillers like CSI is nearly as universal as it is inexplicable. The form has been morally neutered and sterilized—there is no larger order to re-establish, and evil doesn... Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 The appeal of forensic thrillers like CSI is nearly as universal as it is inexplicable. The form has been morally neutered and sterilized—there is no larger order to re-establish, and evil doesn... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1546/ To celebrate our new online content offerings, Comment asked some friends to answer four light-hearted questions . . .... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 To celebrate our new online content offerings, Comment asked some friends to answer four light-hearted questions . . .... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1009/ For either looking things up, or for reading it through—the design choices matter.... Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 For either looking things up, or for reading it through—the design choices matter.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1566/ Whether I made the most of college or not, college made the most of me.... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Whether I made the most of college or not, college made the most of me.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/52/ Two people can read the same text and take away two very different impressions. In this subjectivity, there is enough ambiguity for a non-reader to bluff her way through conversations with grace and, ... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Two people can read the same text and take away two very different impressions. In this subjectivity, there is enough ambiguity for a non-reader to bluff her way through conversations with grace and, ... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/70/ "I make up stories," which is probably easier to explain to nine-year-olds than to non-adolescents.... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 "I make up stories," which is probably easier to explain to nine-year-olds than to non-adolescents.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/381/ For the vast majority, the words "summer" and "reading" do not go together. If anything, summer signifies freedom from books. No one is forcing you to read. High-brow or low-brow, genre or literary, t... Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 For the vast majority, the words "summer" and "reading" do not go together. If anything, summer signifies freedom from books. No one is forcing you to read. High-brow or low-brow, genre or literary, t...