BRIAN BRENNAN: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS June, 2015 At age 18, Debbie Lori Kaye became the youngest performer in history to have her own variety special on CBC TV. A tiny singer with a big voice, her star had been rising steadily
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JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs July 24, 2015 Taiwan’s voters are preparing for a rocky ride as they appear set to elect an opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration dedicated to preserving the independence of the island and its 23 million people. If the
BRIAN BRENNAN: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS July 2015 I wanted to talk to Barry Morse about Lieutenant Gerard, the dogged detective he had played for four seasons in The Fugitive, one of the biggest TV hits of the 1960s. But Morse wanted to talk about
JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs July 17, 2015 Having used his anti-corruption campaign to remove any challengers to his power atop China’s Communist Party, President Xi Jinping is now bent on crushing increasingly assertive and publicly influential human rights lawyers. Last weekend, in an
JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs July 10, 2015. With a deal on Iran’s nuclear program in the offing, hardline opponents in Washington and Tehran are sharpening their teeth and honing their claws to a razor’s edge. In both capitals, the deal — nearly 20
BRIAN BRENNAN: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS July 2015 He had made a big splash when he played the role of the troubled wedding singer Johnny Fontane in the movie The Godfather. But Al Martino had no particular desire to do another film when he came
JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs July 3, 2015. There is no shortage of villains in this Greek tragedy. Indeed, what is really challenging is to point to someone in Greece or anyone who has inhabited the upper echelons of the European Union in the
BRIAN BRENNAN: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS July 2015 As a quartet, they went by the rather cumbersome stage name of “The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.” They moved from Ireland to America in their 20s to try and make their living as actors, and
JONATHAN MANTHORPE: International Affairs June 26, 2015 After more than half a century as one of the few pillars of stability in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is rapidly morphing into a dangerous and unpredictable rogue elephant. The transformation has accelerated since, six
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