The men who made modern Canada
A review of John Ibbitson’s The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada
A review of John Ibbitson’s The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada
All four of these books are highly thought-provoking
Our heroes may be imperfect, but we must never resort to cancel culture
A 2015 biography by Evan Thomas gives us Nixon in the round, talented and tortured, ambitious and insecure
But even if you’re talented and famous, life can be a bitch
After the Trudeau-Chretien wing of the party turned on him, an offer of help came from an unlikely source – Brian Mulroney
Chretien’s assessment? “He looks good until you put him on the ice” Mulroney’s? “A great man and a victim of timing”
Bertrand Hébert and Pat Laprade’s book, The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant, helped unlock this Giant mystery
Grant may have lacked formal education and been a troubled soul, but he was nobody’s fool when it came to practising his trade and taking care of business
The Thatcher-Nelson Mandela relationship is a reflection of how very different people can evolve a respectful, albeit wary, understanding
Comedy masters Laurel and Hardy are the subject of a new biopic that tells a story of triumph and despair
The inauspicious heir to the White House had planned to play poker the night Roosevelt died. Instead, he became president
Democracy is anathema for those convinced of the correctness of their views, the righteousness of their morality and the superiority of their intelligence