As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

Friday, January 1st 2016

PART 1

Mein Kampf

Don't judge the book by his need to take cover. The re-issue of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' has Germans on guard. But a comic whose mockery of the book once forced him into a bulletproof vest says the Nazi manifesto is basically a bore. 

California Methane Leak 

A resident of Porter Ranch, California says a climate-cooking methane leak is stinking up his LA suburb and sending his neighbours scurrying from their homes.

Right/Left Study

This is downright sinister. A doctor at the University of Toronto delves into the difficulty some of his scalpel-wielding colleagues have when distinguishing their left from their right. 

PART 2 

 A look back at three big literary winners from 2015: Andre Alexis, Robyn Sarah and Guy Vanderhaeghe. 

PART 3

As It Happened, The Archive Edition.