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This is a reflection of two books: Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence by Mark Juergensmeyer and The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age by Martha Nussbaum. It was written for a class on the History of Modern Militarism at the University of Winnipeg in the summer of 2024.
In the late hours of April 28th, I stayed up to watch the polls reporting the results of the 2025 federal election. The winning party faces the tyranny of the American presidency which may last as long as the reign of the Prime Minister elected on this night.
From the turn of the 20th century, when cars first replaced the horse and the outrage that came with it, to the modern era of transitioning from the internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, Appleyard tells the story of how cars changed the world.
In Autumn of 2023 I conducted what may be my favourite interview of all time when I spoke with Beatrice Mosionier, author of In Search of April Raintree. I’m grateful for every interview I get to conduct but this one was particularly special. 40 years after publication April Raintree is still in libraries and book stores across the country telling the story of a Métis family from Manitoba.