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CONTENTS

42 (2009)/170 (Autumn)

EDITORIAL 2
Introduction and Invitation Yves Saint-Pierre
LETTERS 5
Theo Meijer, 1935-2009 9
Conkers John K. Nixon 10
Act of God Dennis Bartels 12
Human Rights Commissions in Canada: A Case of Counter-Intuitive Controversies Lucie Lamarche 15
A Major Setback for Secularism in Quebec Schools Marie-Michelle Poisson, Translation: David Rand 19
The Position of Loyola High School 23
Dismantling the Temple William Greider 26
A POET'S VOICE John Barton 34
BOOK REVIEWS 36
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE 37

42 (2009)/169 (Summer)

EDITORIAL 2
The Evolution of Evil Henry Beissel
LETTERS 5
Darwin: Between God and Nature J. Anthony Cassils 6
Palestine-A Tortured and Elusive Homeland Kiran Omar 16
Zionism: The Real Problem in the Middle East Bill Broderick 21
Performing Solidarity 26
Jewish/Palestinian alliance-building, street art interventions, and the power of symbolic encounters Devora Neumark
The Psyche of Al-Qaeda Dr Khalid Sohail 31
A POET'S VOICE John Smith 34
Beyond Despair 36
Through the lens of Palestinian and Israeli film-makers Shirley Goldberg
BOOK REVIEWS 41

42 (2009)/168 (Spring)

EDITORIAL 2
The Elephant Under Your Child's Bed Henry Beissel
LETTERS 4
The Protection of Canadian Sovereignty 6
A footnote to Murray Thomson's "Militarism" Donald Page
The Bus to Everywhere 8
Julie Breeze
Symbolic Democracy in Canada 12
Managing the "Bewildered Herd" Morgan Duchesney
Beliefs for the 21st Century 19
A humanist-evolutionist creed? Denys Ford
Nazi Pope 23
Was criminal insanity a job requirement, or simply an advantage? William Harwood
The End of Cosmology 26
An accelerating universe wipes out traces of its own origins Lawrence M. Krauss & Robert J. Scherrer
A POET'S VOICE 32
Harold Rhenisch
Life, Culture, and Religion 34
You-Sheng Li
Does Secularism Imply Religious Neutrality? 37
David Rand
In Praise of Rational Discourse 39
John K. Nixon
HUMANISM AROUND THE WORLD 41
BOOK REVIEW 43
Roy LaBerge reviews Urban Meltdown by Clive Doucet

41 (2009)/167 (Winter)

2 Editorial: The Obama Factor
6 Letters to the Editor
8 Sheila Ayala, Rain Dances Won't Save Us
15 Clive Doucet, The Idea of Progress
22 Madeline Weld, Canada's Policy of Mass Immigration
30 A Poet's Voice: Gary Geddes, Swimming Ginger
32 Shirley Goldberg, Telling the Truth about Torture
38 Humanism Around the World
39 Book Review: Peter R. Smith, Corporate Rule (David Model)