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Apr 17, 2009

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The root of our financial crisis

A new view of the “American Dream” was being created, including a “right” to unlimited consumption, achieved without personal responsibility. But now this unrealistic, ephemeral dream has become a nightmare, exported globally.

Apr 17, 2009

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Bearing witness in a stereotyping world

Gary Goodyear, one of Stephen Harper’s federal cabinet ministers, has been burned badly by “gotcha” journalism on a question of evolution.
But the real question, lying just below the surface, is this: Is there a proper place to articulate religious beliefs? Can believers find public spaces where their beliefs are respected, not targeted?

Apr 17, 2009

Week of April 12, 2009

A wunderkammer of discoveries, compiled by Comment and illuminated for our readers' edification and entertainment. We do not necessarily endorse the external content below.An important film that Comment profiled a year ago, As We Forgive, is being screened at the...

Emma-Jean, In Utero, 2008

Apr 9, 2009

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Emma-Jean, In Utero, 2008

My work as a family life photographer brings me into other people's lives, and their relationships, in a very intimate way. Sharing in their expectant waiting, joy, and celebration, as well as their everyday living, I am reminded of the call given to Christians to...

Apr 9, 2009

Week of April 5, 2009

A wunderkammer of discoveries, compiled by Comment and illuminated for our readers' edification and entertainment. We do not necessarily endorse the external content below.. . . One of Comment's favourite conferences is coming up April 16-18, 2009. "Philosophy and...

Apr 9, 2009

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Film schooled

I challenge future teachers by having them read texts and watch films that complicate their assumptions—hoping that they will avoid both reserved cynicism and naive optimism.

Apr 9, 2009

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Good lessons in hard times

Those who lived through the Great Depression were profoundly changed by their experience. We would do well to consider what lessons we can learn now, and how we might change from these experiences.

Transmission Study

Apr 3, 2009

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Transmission Study

What I ended up doing was building a steel tower, equipped with red warning beacon lights, a bull-horn speaker, and a four-camera video surveillance system. It was important that the structure be rooted only to the floor of my studio, as a way of connecting my subterranean work area to the world above.

Apr 3, 2009

Week of March 29, 2009

Unveiling: Comment ABCD1k! Beginning this week you will see that we are increasing and restructuring the online content of Comment.Following the A-B-C-D structure of our 2008 manifesto, Comment Online will now feature contributions from regular columnists and others...