Nothing for Granted: National Post Columns 2002 2003

In this collection of his columns published in the National Post from 2000 to 2003, philosopher and critic Mark Kingwell turns his attention to world issues from September 11 to soccer violence, from God to the Gulf War, and from private space to public protest. He also looks at the small, the quirky, and the Canadian in columns such as “Canucks-the gays of North America,” “Cricket-a pursuit unruled by money,” and “The cart ruling: one golfer gets a free ride.” He pre-empts Lynn Truss's global bestseller, Eats Shoots & Leaves, with his 2000 rant “Bad grammar drives me to drink” and laments the demise of civility in “On being civil: it's not enough to say you are.”