The book explores the idea of nationalism and nationhood, which should not be assumed synonymous with statehood. I picked it up because a. my interest in Michael Ignatieff, the man who would be Prime Minister if not for his inability to out-maneuvered anyone politically (*sigh*), and b. there wa...
I actually found this to be an incredibly good listen in audio recording format. Ignatieff covers a vast range of topics over the course of five lectures, all dealing with the history of rights revolutions and the current status of rights around the world, from a uniquely Canadian perspective. Th...
I’m glad that even while successfully managing your affairs, you have found the time to read and reread the words of Kong Zi. The two activities should be very complementary, the link between them being so fragile. You believe that those who don’t read Kong Zi are not real Chinese. You seem to be...
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The pads of the fingers and the base of both palms were the worst. Charlie looked at the suppurating red zones without interest, but she bent over, sniffed them and made a face. She gripped his hands tightly to hold them still and cleaned each sore with a Q-tip dipped into disinfectant. It hurt a...
We had become the target of all the other campaigns, and rival candidates were beginning to negotiate deals with each other to stop me from winning. To meet this challenge, we had to scale up our operation and get better at bringing delegates over to our camp. Our offices outgrew a cramped space ...
After a chaotic procession of family and servants to the station in the snow, embraces and blessings on the platform, and after settling her mother in her compartment, Natasha sat back in peace, enfolded in the sealed world of the sleeping car, with its brown plush seats, washbasins and divans. F...
(FROM “O CANADA!,” THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF CANADA) IOn the Love of Country Loving a country is an act of the imagination. We start from what we know—the street where we grew up, the brightly lit skating rinks at night, the tingle of the lake water when we first plunge in, the feeling when we s...