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