January 2010
What's Wrong With the Healthcare Bill? Ask a Nurse. by John Nichols
Want to know what's wrong -- really wrong -- with the health-care "reform" bill being pushed through the Senate by Majority Leader Harry Reid?
Ask a nurse.
Why Does Pakistan Hate the United States? by Christopher Hitchens
Give credit to the vice president: He really does enjoy politics and "can't see a room without working it," as a colleague of mine half-admiringly remarked last Wednesday morning. We were waiting to enter the studio and comment after Biden had finished his interview with the Scarborough/Brzezinski team, in which the main topic was Afghanistan. Exiting, he chose to stop and talk to each of us.
Christian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born of Politics by Rev. Howard Bess
The Advent season is a fun time. For many Christians, it is the happiest season of the year. The joy comes from the anticipation: "Joy to the world, the Lord has come. Let earth receive her king."
I do not desire to dim the lights of Christmas, but it might be helpful to some to hear what the stories of Jesus birth are really about.
The Pope's Big Holocaust Lie by James Carroll
The Vatican is on the defensive as Jewish groups object to its decision to move Pius XII, the wartime pope, toward sainthood. James Carroll on the church’s shameful bid to rewrite Holocaust history.
Canada’s Rogue Conservatives Prorogue Parliament by Michael Werbowski
This is the second time the ruling party wants to shut down democracy
Interview with Copyright: growing pink roses on brick walls by Helen Soteriou
Helen Soteriou went to Bristol to talk to street art’s most romantic artist. Hear Copyright talk about roses, romance, and Kate Moss.
Helen Soteriou: Did you go to art school?Copyright: I did go to art school but I studied photography, and with kids around me making art, I got into the habit of using other people’s materials and mashing stuff up and painting and basically it stuck.
Everything in its Right Place: The Best Female Acting Performances of 2009 by Matt Mazur
To be sure, a separate, lengthy column could be filled with praise for the women who exploded the glass ceiling-ed boys club of film directing this year (Kathryn Bigelow, Jane Campion, Lucrecia Martel, Lone Scherfig among the most notable). But this month’s Suffragette City will instead take a closer look at the achievements of the great female acting performances of 2009.
Did Jesus Oppose Capitalism, as Moore Argues? by Andrew Clumpus
Would Jesus Christ - the founder of the largest religion in the world, unequivocally recognized as a messenger of peace and love - support capitalism?
It's one of the questions filmmaker Michael Moore, the well-known creator of documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine and Sicko, asks in his latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story.
Protecting Canada's democracy by Alice Klein
It always made me yawn when Olympics boosters claimed the Winter Games would be a defining moment for Canada. How foolish of me. They were so right.
Stephen Harper's cynical decision to use this stunning international showcase to impose an entirely alien despotism on Canada's long tradition of democracy is truly a potential turning point.
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