Politics & Social Sciences

  • The Boat People

    The Boat People

    In August 2010, the merchant vessel Sun Sea arrived at Esquimalt naval base in British Columbia, carrying hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers. Sri Lanka had been in a state of civil war for twenty-five years. Before Sri Lanka gained independence, the British brought in millions of Tamil to work their vast cash crop plantations… Continue reading

  • Fire and Fury

    Fire and Fury

    Like the 33,000 people on Goodreads who could resist reading this book? I can imagine that the Trump White House would allow Mr. Wolff access if, for no other reason than hubris, I can also imagine the outrage the Trump White House felt when the book published. Trump is not the transformative figure that is… Continue reading