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Culture Potatoemail Gerry Bowler

July 22, 2003 - Get back to the good old ways

June 24 , 2003 - Special request

June 24 , 2003 - Special request

May 27, 2003 - Ethics: not just an English county

April 29, 2003 - Pure sex

April 1 , 2003 - And no running with scissors!

March 4, 2003 - Don't prefer lofty utterances to helpful deeds

February 4, 2003 - The unbearable niceness of Canadian youth

January 7, 2003 -Take umbrage, but gently

December 17 , 2002 - Maintain the right to be merry

October 29, 2002 - Ask a Culture Potato

October 1, 2002 - Marketplace logic circumvents seniors

September 3, 2002 - Lust isn't the only capital sin

May 28, 2002 - Bishops got it wrong in B.C. referendum

April 30, 2002 - Interesting numbers from popular culture

April 2, 2002 - Old flag resurfaces as old values return

March 5, 2002 - Olympic ogling has to go Too many events are not real athletic contests at all.

February 5, 2002 - Tragedy inspires helpful reality check Unthinking emancipation brought us a world of cares.

January 8, 2002 - What can be done about the born-again menace? Three things socially conservative Canadians can do to gain a better hearing.

March 6, 2001 - Aristotle versus the flying drop-kick Children must be kept from activities that encourage senseless violence.

February 6, 2001 - Some things are better left undone The Culture PotatoÕs guide to some of the things to avoid this year

January 9, 2001 - Let's commemorate truly significant events It's time to put your own stamp on the coming year, says Gerry Bowler.

November 28, 2001 - Can we have a little adult culture, please? North AmericaÕs popular culture is powered by adolescent urges

October 31, 2000 - How to make Hollywood accountable Take a lesson from the anti-tobacco lobby, says Gerry Bowler.

October 3, 2000 - Signs that the Apocalypse is nearly upon us - Lamentations of a 21st century Culture Potato

September 5, 2000 - The cost of ignoring facts - Down-playing the role of memory in education cheats youth

July 25, 2000 - Why popular culture is sinking so low - Decline in shared high culture elevates universal appeal of low humour

May 30, 1999 - Canadian Christianity is in a state of crisis - Calling for a moratorium on the study of denominational theology and history until priorities are straightened out

May 2, 1999 - Pagan priestesses making their rounds - Witchcraft is winning the hearts of adolescent girls

April 4, 1999 - Faith, pain, Magnolia and Christians - Why the most important movie of the decade has to be faced head on

March 7, 1999 - When even curling isn't cricket anymore - Out with the players. Bring back the gentlemen.

February 8, 1999 - E-presence in the pews: Churches enter the wired world - But is anybody doing a cost-benefit analysis?

January 11, 1999 - Men behaving badly - The sad truth is, today's "guy" celebrates thuggery, pride and immaturity

November 30, 1999 - A child’s-eye view of Christmas in the 1990s - Seek a chance to make a difference to one of God's children

November 2, 1999 - Ask a culture critic - Words of advice from a man who reads too much news on the internet

October 5, 1999 - Teens confront the fear of not belonging - Keep kids connected with the forces of civilization

September 7, 1999 - Television is bad for children - Critics can't wean kids from TV, but parents will have to.

August 24, 1999 - Gender Wars: the phantom menace - Violence isn't just a guy thing

July 13, 1999 - Who should be Time's Man of the Century? - The Potato knows who really carries cultural clout.

June 8, 1999 - Puritanism goes to the movies - Old fears of fiction resurface

May 11, 1999 - Pack behavior serves teens badly - Parents must challenge high school culture

April 13, 1999 - Taking a clothing company to task - Notion of name brands a blight on society

March 16, 1999 - Televangelist version of Bible discovered - Gap between culture and content explained.

February 16, 1999 - Creating consumers, neglecting souls - Children targeted as audience for entertainment violence.

January 19, 1999 - If you truly love your children... - Sharon Stone might be onto something, but she doesn't go far enough

December 15, 1998 - Just say thanks - A bold proposal for a new holiday

November 17, 1998 - How to win back a place in the media - Hard questions and tough answers

October 20, 1998 - Abolish Christmas? Humbug! - Resist temptation to throw holy infant out with the bath water

September 22, 1998 - South Park surprises - Comics can't leave God alone

August 25, 1998 - Modern day oracle dispenses no-nonsense advice - But where are the Christian oracles in popular culture?

July 14, 1998 - What the heart wants - Reflections on a wayward organ

June 9, 1998 - Give me that old-time religion - The surprising return of paganism

May 12, 1998 - Attack of The Teletubbies - Toddlers targets of English pop culture invasion

April 14, 1998 - Please don't feed the giant - Professional sports may be hazardous to your moral health

March 17, 1998 - The Spice Girls and the death of childhood - Purveyors of shabby consumerism and endless hedonism

February 17, 1998 - TV gives too much money to too few people - So just turn it off and spend time with the kids

January 20, 1998 - Hollywood is taking religion more seriously - Hopeful trend still absent in Canada