Book Review
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 14:29 in
Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New Worldby Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs )
Reviewed by
Alex Schadenberg
The Interim
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World (Brave New World) is Wesley J. Smith's latest book. Smith, a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute and the legal counsel to the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Feb, 2005 at 7:37 in
Bioethics, Book Review, Society & Culture | Author:
Alex Schadenberg
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World by Wesley Smith (Encounter Books, $38.95 in bookstores or $35.00 through the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, toll free at: 1-877-439-3348, 219 pgs )
Reviewed by
Alex Schadenberg
The ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Jan, 2005 at 8:23 in
Book Review, Columnist, Frank Kennedy, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Frank Kennedy
Queen's Park
I had just finished reading Paul Tuns's Jean Chretien: A Legacy of Scandal (a great book and a must-read for people who believe there's justice out there somewhere) when my TV switched on of its own accord and there in full colour was St. Peter at the Golden Gate. Soon, I found myself in a large cavernous room. There were all kinds of people wearing ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Jan, 2005 at 7:41 in
Book Review, Marriage and Family | Author:
Rev. Royal Hamel
Divorcing Marriage: Unveiling the Dangers in Canada's New Social Experiment by Daniel Cere and Douglas Farrow, editors. Foreword by Maggie Gallagher (McGill-Queen's University Press, $17.47, paperback, 193 pages) Review by
Rev. Royal Hamel
The Interim
In the midst of much confusion and lack of basic information, Daniel Cere and Douglas Farrow have done a great service by providing a trenchant ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Dec, 2004 at 8:46 in
Book Review, Politics, Religion | Author:
Review by Rory Leishman
Legend has it that Canada's first Conservative prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was interrupted on the hustings by a leather-lunged heckler, shouting: "I don't care what you say, John. My father was a Grit, my grandfather was a Grit and by golly, I'm a Grit, too." To which Sir John responded: "I take ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Aug, 2004 at 9:49 in
Activism, Book Review, Pro-Life, Profiles | Author:
Stephen Tardiff Borowski: the paradox of martyrdom
Borowski: A Canadian Paradox by Lianne Laurence, (Interim Publishing, 415 pages, $24.95 softcover, $39.95 hardcover)
Review by
Stephen Tardiff
The Interim
The true legacy of a movement that defends life is not the victories it enjoys, but the heroes it employs. Joe Borowski, who lived on a farm and worked in a mine, took up the extraordinary task of defending the unborn child. For this, he was castigated as a radical and derided as an ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 May, 2004 at 8:45 in
Book Review, Society & Culture | Author:
Frank Monozlai
The Interim
Aliens in America: The Strange Truth About Our Souls By Peter Augustine Lawler, ISI Books, 298 pages 24.95 U.S.,Reviewed by
As citizens of a First World nation endowed with an amazing degree of peace, prosperity, longevity and opportunities for personal advancement, it is easy to forget that our predicament is in large part the consequence of the Enlightenment project of overcoming the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 May, 2004 at 8:44 in
Book Review, Religion | Author:
Royal Hamel
Christophobia: The Real Reason Behind Hate Crime Legislation By Tristan Emmanuel, with a foreword by Link Byfield. Christian Freedom Press (Canada) Inc., $15.99, 112 pages.Reviewed by Royal Hamel
The Interim
Tristan Emmanuel has done Canadians a great service by producing this compact primer on hate crime legislation. Specifically, the book zeroes in on the details and ramifications of Bill C-250, which seeks to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Apr, 2004 at 7:43 in
Abortion, Book Review, Motherhood | Author:
Christina Tuns
amanda bright@home by Danielle Crittenden (Warner Books, $34.95, 322 pages)
Reviewed by Christina Tuns
The Interim
As I began reading Danielle Crittenden's latest book amanda bright@home, I was concerned when the acknowledgments said that the title character had originally come to life in the National Post and Wall Street Journal online. I was concerned that not having read any of Crittenden's serializations would leave me unsatisfied with the book. Would I be able to piece ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Feb, 2004 at 12:50 in
Book Review, Euthanasia | Author:
Ian R. Dowbiggin
'Merciful Release': The History of the British Euthanasia Movement by N.D.A. Kemp (Manchester University Press, $74.95 (US), 288 pages).
Review by
Ian R. Dowbiggin
The Interim
It seems that hardly a day goes by without euthanasia making front-page news. Taken from the Greek word for "good death," euthanasia is one of the most contentious, hot-button issues today. Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands have recently legalized ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Feb, 2004 at 12:49 in
Book Review | Author:
Richard John Neuhaus
Richard John Neuhaus
Special to The InterimThe defenders of judicial activism, properly understood as the judicial usurpation of politics, count on wearing down their critics over time. Robert H. Bork is not easily worn down. He returns to the battle with a new book, Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges (AEI, 159 pp., $25). Not only in America, but throughout the nations of the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Dec, 2003 at 13:48 in
Book Review | Author:
Reviewed
by Christina Tuns
The Interim
Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners, edited, with Commentary by Karen Santorum (ISI Books, US$25, 407 pages)
True politeness, says Karen Santorum, "is the mirror of a person's heart and soul - it is an outward expression of inner virtue." How can ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Dec, 2003 at 16:13 in
Book Review | Author:
Judicial Activism: A Threat to Democracy and Religion.
Edited by Fr. Alphonse de Valk (Life Ethics Information Centre, $19.95 165 pages)
Reviewed by Paul Tuns The Interim It ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Nov, 2003 at 8:36 in
Book Review, Issues, Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Judicial Activism: A Threat to Democracy and Religion.
Edited by Fr. Alphonse de Valk (Life Ethics Information Centre, $19.95 165 pages)
Reviewed by Paul Tuns The Interim
It ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Nov, 2003 at 8:36 in
Book Review | Author:
Review by David Dooley
The Interim
Virtue's Alphabet From Amiability to Zeal
By Donald DeMarco (Central Bureau, Central Verein of America, $10, 112 pages)
Donald DeMarco is a very prolific writer. In addition to all the columns and articles he writes for newspapers and ... (Continue reading)
