Thoughts from a political exile in Dar Es Salaam
Cinematic Adaptation and the Question of ThemeThis essay will not be saying anything about Christopher Nolan’s recent adaptation of The Odyssey except to commend him in creating such a controversial […]
The Old Growth LeftIn many ways, my old life ended in 2021 and my new life began. It has taken half a decade for this new life to take shape […]
A little shy of five years ago, I wrote one of my last guest columns for the Georgia Straight, Vancouver’s progressive weekly of record. It was entitled “The Rise of […]
This is the fourth article in a four-article series. The first, second and third articles in the series lay out my case for the gradual collapse of Canadian democracy. It […]
If this analysis appeals to you and you would like to learn more Canadian political history, please consider enrolling in my new online course on the political history of British […]
If this analysis appeals to you and you would like to learn more Canadian political history, please consider enrolling in my new online course on the political history of British […]
If this analysis appeals to you and you would like to learn more Canadian political history, please consider enrolling in my new online course on the political history of British […]
Since the news broke last week, there has been no shortage of hot takes on the $5 million CBC-APTN co-production, provisionally entitled Counting Coup,that misled Frances Widdowson, Lindsay Shepherd, Brian […]
LNG Canada and Mark Carney’s “Low Carbon Oil”Those of you following the parallel track to my essays, the chapters of my memoirs I am also putting out on Substack and […]
Eschatology and MarxismOne of the most interesting things about The Communist Manifesto is the literary genre into which it falls. Unlike the other works of Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, it is […]