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Editor's Corner
Captain Philips
I just took in the new American-everyman Tom Hank's movie, Captain Philips which, surprisingly from its limited quality, has made over $218 million so far, and won six Academy awards. Directed in shaky-realistic-video by...
Articles
Heroism, Then and Now
“Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, while others have greatness thrust upon them”. So wrote Shakespeare in Twelfth Night .
‘Greatness’ may take various forms, but I have been pondering of late the...
Articles
Marie of the Incarnation: A Canadian Mystic
Marie de l’Incarnation: Études de théologie spirituelle by Pierre Gervais, S.J.: A Review
Pierre Gervais is a Canadian-born Jesuit, professor of systematic, sacramental, and spiritual theology at the Institut d’Etudes Theologiques of Brussels as well...
Articles
True-dope-ia
I had to wait a few days before writing on the election of Justin Trudeau as our new Prime-Minister-in-waiting, not least for the emotion of disappointment to dissipate somewhat, and a sense of objectivity...
Editor's Corner
Sci Fi Movie Triplex: Interstellar, Oblivion and Edge of Tomorrow
My movie selection over the past few months has been in the science fiction genre, which is often heavy on the 'fiction', and light on the 'science'. The recent, visually impressive Christopher Nolan-directed Interstellar...
Articles
Till We Have Faces: To Niqab, or Not?
In an interesting turn of events, the niqab, the face-covering veil worn by certain Muslim women, has become a defining election issue in Canada. Just today, Zunera Ishaq, who had petitioned for the right...
Articles
Primal Rage
This morning, as I begin this column, ten people at a community college in Oregon were killed by yet-another loner gunman, seeking some kind of notoriety and/or settling some ill-defined grievance; the ultimate motive...
Columns
Political ‘Knifing’?
I have been meaning to comment on a ridiculous article in the National Post at the end of August, but one which does pertain, at least indirectly, to the current election. The article described...
