Politics and its Discontents

It is hardly an insight to state that we have largely wasted and abused the intelligence that evolution has conferred on us. Instead of nurt...

The above is the title of a documentary to be broadcast tonight at 9 p.m. on the CBC's main network. Here is a brief excerpt: Given ...

Once again, I am writing a post that, in one sense, has nothing to do with politics but in another sense has everything to do with it and mu...

I feel like taking a break from writing about politics today, so I will briefly turn to another of my favorite topics, documentaries, two ...

Last year, I wrote a post on the power of the documentary . In it, I discussed how a good nature documentary can very powerfully help us...

Although traditionally avoided as a rather staid and boring genre, the documentary has enjoyed a real resurgence in popularity over the past...