No other sport reveals a country’s soul as well as soccer does (yeah, we said it, Don Cherry). So what does our neglect of the beautiful game say about us? A patriot explains why it should be Canada’s national sport
Frack This; The Truth Is Out There; Good Man; Special Ops; Bid You to Burn; Draft Picks; Tusk-Tusk
Human Interest
A liberal arts education for Downtown Eastside residents
Frontierby Sigal Samuel
Rock of Aging
Notorious punk filmmaker Bruce McDonald grows up — and old — in his candid mockumentary sequel, Hard Core Logo II
Filmby John Semley
The Peter Principle
Somewhere in Newfoundland…
The Walrus Presentsby Jason Sherman & David Parkins
That Time We Beat the Americans
A misunderstood moment, now 200 years old, defines us as Canadians. A citizens’ guide to the War of 1812
Essayby Stephen Marche
Expanded coverage of the War of 1812’s bicentennial
The mayor of Montreal’s Plateau borough races to keep commuters’ cars out of his borough
Jewels of the Nile
In Luxor, foreign women with cash to spare find younger men for marriage — and more
Field Noteby Alina Seagal
Mitchell Davis, vice-president of the James Beard Foundation, believes you can’t develop a national cuisine until you create a public conversation about food
As the Mandela era is overtaken by African politics as usual, a Canadian diplomat shares his personal account of the end of apartheid
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith has poised herself as a politician of principle. But can she govern?
Gen Y personal branders are clogging Internet browsers with self-portraits, product endorsements, and the minutiae of their days. A Gen-Xer asks if we have any right to hate them
Editor’s Note
Editor’s Noteby John Macfarlane
The Missing Piece
A son’s cross-border search to find the war trophy that may have killed his father
Memoirby Terence Byrnes
