num_pages: 275
description: An eloquent look at the first few years of the twenty-first century from acute social critic Mark Kingwell 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 one golfer gets a free ride.” He pre-empts Lynn Truss's global bestseller, Eats Shoots &amp; Leaves , with his 2000 rant “Bad grammar drives me to drink” and laments the demise of civility in “On being it's not enough to say you are.”
language: English
title: Nothing for Granted: Selected Writings, 2000-2003
titlecomplete: Nothing for Granted: Selected Writings, 2000-2003
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Penguin