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Dec 26, 2008

Week of December 21, 2008

"Christmas is, if false, of no importance. If true, it is of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important." So writes Cardus Senior Fellow Peter Menzies, in his Christmas op-ed "Christmas Gives Peace a Chance. . . . And while you have time...

That Thin Eternal Line

Dec 19, 2008

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That Thin Eternal Line

I have been working on the concept of time and its varied natures, specifically its relentlessness. Nothing stops time, and even though time offers us our only vehicle by which we can exist as human beings, it is also terribly inconvenient and often hostile to our...

Dec 19, 2008

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Eat, cook, blog, book

Super Natural Cooking presents healthful eating, not as a negative stop-gap to avoid disease, but as a toothsome celebration of the age we live in.

Dec 19, 2008

Week of December 14, 2008

Asked for their "one great book", some Cardus staff offer the following "recommended reading" for the holidays: The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis ($6.99 USD). "The Last Battle captured my heart with the promised return of my Glorious King, and the 'all things made new'...

I’m Not A Tourist Attraction

Dec 12, 2008

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I’m Not A Tourist Attraction

Human trafficking is a world wide human injustice where heinous sexual crimes are committed against young children from all walks of life. Some children, mostly girls, are as young as five years old. This painting was created to raise awareness about the devastating...

Dec 12, 2008

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Shock “vs.” Awe: The Art of Christian Worthington

“It seems like people have a yearning for the unique, for the original,” says Winnipeg artist Christian Worthington. “I’m more optimistic, and I think more people appreciate art now than ever before, because of access to education, books, galleries, and the internet.”
Still, his work—which deals with European philosophies and religion, borrowing extensively from the entire history of painting—would seem a difficult sell in contemporary North America.