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An aboriginal version of Jersey Shore?

It has taken decades just to get to where people don't think of us standing around teepees, wearing loincloths and headdresses.…

Van Gogh, Wacker, and the history of the 20th century

Modris Eksteins' Solar Dance does not make a convincing case that Van Gogh and Wacker are figures of symbolic significance.…

Abolish the Canada Council for the Arts

The Canada Council for the Arts is simply a welfare system in which artists barter their integrity for financial security.…

Detoxing the world economy

The authors predict that the Chinese boom will end soon, as their own real estate bubble bursts.…

Why some people lead while most choose to follow

Perhaps it is time to rethink our instinctual inclination towards leadership.…

Who to blame for the last financial crisis

Government incentives artificially boosted homeownership levels in the U.S., risk be damned.…

The Vault isn’t vintage Rendell

The Vault is neither an easy read nor as riveting as hoped.…

Christmas, Bing Crosby and the transience of fame

How does it happen that one of the most famous people in the world became a semi-forgotten figure?…