Articles by Mark Kingwell


Politics

The Shout Doctrine

What happens when political debates escalate into a culture of arguments, attack ads, and anonymous Internet assaults? A Parliament effectively shut — and shouted — down

Politics

All in the Game

Inside the mind of Barack Obama as he sets forth on his first term as president.

Cities

Toronto: Justice Denied

Is Toronto being taken over by hucksters,
fauxhemians, and the “knowledge economy”?

Society

The American Gigantic

Has the dream of freedom and opportunity declined into a hopeless pathology?

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Olympics Channel: Not Your Mother’s CCTV
Olympics Channel: Not Your Mother’s CCTV
by Mara Hvistendahl and Mitch Moxley | JULY 2008
Amid violence and human rights controversies, China has taken over the world stage. Our bloggers Mara Hvistendahl and Mitch Moxley are watching the action

The Punk Who Would Be King
The Punk Who Would Be King
by Hal Niedziecki | JULY 2005
stratford—In 2001, I took a carload of people to a reading by Chris Rickett, infamous resident and future