http://www.cardus.ca/contributors/pmenzies en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 11:22:58 -0400 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 11:22:58 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/convivium/article/3258/ Calgary city hall re-opens its downtown plan to accommodate people of faith. Peter Menzies reports.... Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Calgary city hall re-opens its downtown plan to accommodate people of faith. Peter Menzies reports.... http://www.cardus.ca/blog/2012/03/making-this-up-as-we-go-along/ The great tension in journalism has always been between the dueling commercial needs to be first and to be accurate. In the current on-demand world, the balance has shifted decidedly to the former, wh... Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0500 The great tension in journalism has always been between the dueling commercial needs to be first and to be accurate. In the current on-demand world, the balance has shifted decidedly to the former, wh... http://www.cardus.ca/blog/2012/03/tweeted-sunday-after-going-to-church/ I am a late adapter. To Twitter anyway. Slow learner 4 sure. Can't quite figure it out. Don't want to say that though. Afraid will look like old fuddy-duddy. And face social exclusion. Worse, euthaniz... Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:17:00 -0500 I am a late adapter. To Twitter anyway. Slow learner 4 sure. Can't quite figure it out. Don't want to say that though. Afraid will look like old fuddy-duddy. And face social exclusion. Worse, euthaniz... http://www.cardus.ca/blog/2012/01/children-and-tears/ If you are currently attired in torn sack cloth and covered in ashes as a result of Canada's recent denouement on the ice of the World Junior Hockey Championships, it may be best to get used to it. Ca... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:05:00 -0500 If you are currently attired in torn sack cloth and covered in ashes as a result of Canada's recent denouement on the ice of the World Junior Hockey Championships, it may be best to get used to it. Ca... http://www.cardus.ca/blog/2011/12/a-greeting-once-rich/ I have been thinking a lot lately about the "war on Christmas" narrative that stems from the changes taking place in our culture. I'm moving towards the conclusion that the controversy is less illustr... Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:00:00 -0500 I have been thinking a lot lately about the "war on Christmas" narrative that stems from the changes taking place in our culture. I'm moving towards the conclusion that the controversy is less illustr... http://www.cardus.ca/blog/2011/12/brotherhood-and-everlasting-history/ The first time I understood my life and my connection to the continuum that a family represents was in the hours following the birth of my daughter some 26 years ago. The occasion elevated me from the... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:24:00 -0500 The first time I understood my life and my connection to the continuum that a family represents was in the hours following the birth of my daughter some 26 years ago. The occasion elevated me from the... http://www.cardus.ca/columns/2979/ Societies are founded in the common life of a family, formed between mother and child in the womb and nurtured ever forward. The bonds become looser and more strained as their borders expand from the ... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Societies are founded in the common life of a family, formed between mother and child in the womb and nurtured ever forward. The bonds become looser and more strained as their borders expand from the ... http://www.cardus.ca/policy/article/2937/ No doubt there are corporations and companies—great ones—that walk the talk, but as in all things, investors, analysts, and observers need to focus more on the walk and less on the talk.... Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 No doubt there are corporations and companies—great ones—that walk the talk, but as in all things, investors, analysts, and observers need to focus more on the walk and less on the talk.... http://www.cardus.ca/convivium/article/2951/ Eyes light up in a place of serious darkness. "Common Life" features Canadian voices articulating perspectives on those things that connect us.... Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Eyes light up in a place of serious darkness. "Common Life" features Canadian voices articulating perspectives on those things that connect us.... http://www.cardus.ca/blog/2011/09/first-day-of-this-last-day-of-that/ As it happens, it was just a couple of weeks ago when I was resurrecting memorabilia from the basement to decorate my new office walls that I came across a framed front page of the Calgary Herald's Se... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:49:00 -0400 As it happens, it was just a couple of weeks ago when I was resurrecting memorabilia from the basement to decorate my new office walls that I came across a framed front page of the Calgary Herald's Se... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2824/ While avarice has fuelled much of humanity's steady and often destructive march into the forest, there is yet majesty in the courage and ingenuity such adventures reveal about the human spirit and the... Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 While avarice has fuelled much of humanity's steady and often destructive march into the forest, there is yet majesty in the courage and ingenuity such adventures reveal about the human spirit and the... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2751/ Last June was the first Father's Day that passed for me without my father, and possibly the last one that I would spend with my son. So I thought it would be a good idea to climb a mountain.... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Last June was the first Father's Day that passed for me without my father, and possibly the last one that I would spend with my son. So I thought it would be a good idea to climb a mountain.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2500/ You—you're not ready yet. There are no free passes from adolescent to neo-curmudgeon. You'll do this the old-fashioned way, by earning it, or you won't get here at all. You can only be one of us... Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 You—you're not ready yet. There are no free passes from adolescent to neo-curmudgeon. You'll do this the old-fashioned way, by earning it, or you won't get here at all. You can only be one of us... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2185/ For a while, sometimes, worrisome responsibilities scurry away from the light, replaced by nothing but big sky above.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 For a while, sometimes, worrisome responsibilities scurry away from the light, replaced by nothing but big sky above.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1504/ While it's the self-appointed mission of older people to conserve the cultural and social values that give our lives meaning and comfort, the young carry a burden to improve upon—even to correc... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 While it's the self-appointed mission of older people to conserve the cultural and social values that give our lives meaning and comfort, the young carry a burden to improve upon—even to correc... http://www.cardus.ca/policy/article/2158/ One of the great, perhaps fatal, failings of modern journalism is its persistent inability to view the world in a context that extends beyond the increasingly brief length of its own news cycles. Bl... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 One of the great, perhaps fatal, failings of modern journalism is its persistent inability to view the world in a context that extends beyond the increasingly brief length of its own news cycles. Bl... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1238/ The debates raging in the west about burqas and state-controlled fashion betray how hopelessly confused we've become about who we really are.... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 The debates raging in the west about burqas and state-controlled fashion betray how hopelessly confused we've become about who we really are.... http://www.cardus.ca/columns/1133/ I have learned that the world changes not through media’s obsession with “events” but through the incremental impact of ideas and the vast mysteries of faith or the lack thereof. I am still tryi... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 I have learned that the world changes not through media’s obsession with “events” but through the incremental impact of ideas and the vast mysteries of faith or the lack thereof. I am still tryi... http://www.cardus.ca/policy/article/2190/ I began the first draft of this essay by examining the emergence of the blogosphere as an alternative to traditional journalism institutions and the emergent practice of live blogging. As with all s... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 I began the first draft of this essay by examining the emergence of the blogosphere as an alternative to traditional journalism institutions and the emergent practice of live blogging. As with all s... 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 . . ....