April/May 2004

"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any - after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?"
--Philip Larkin

April/May 2004

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Vietnam’s Killer Elephants

by Jim Christy

There are very few recorded incidents where the animals conspired to kill humans…[more]

The End of the Line

by Jeannie Marshall

Recent refugees have come from Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, but the majority come from seriously troubled African countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Sudan…[more]

For Want of a Comma

by Paul Wilson

Exploring the two sides of a punctuation debate…[more]

Mapping the Blues

by Mark Witten

Looking deep inside the brain to expose and illuminate the dark, hidden pathways of depression.…[more]

Idiom-proof

by Charles Foran

Why can’t the Canadian dialect match the wit and inventiveness of Irish or Australian speech?…[more]

A Concise Guide to Birdwatching

by Barabara Nichol

What to Know Before You Go…[more]

Continental Divide

by Michael Adams

How can Canada signal sympathy for America’s post-September 11 position without leaping on a bandwagon of militarism, unilateralism, and paranoid domestic security?…[more]

What We Are Capable Of

by Frances Itani

WHEN Sarah phones, Em has just torn every letter into fourths, then eighths, sixteenths, and, finally, fragments…[more]

The Night Watch

by Jane Urquhart for Mieke Bevelander

1 In the low light of winter The hard light of spring Lovers lit by scarcity and terror Ignite the hunter’s afternoon Remember stunning…[more]

Bay Watch

by Bill Cameron

The Cuban government has formal sovereignty over Guantanamo naval base but does not control it and cannot enter it…[more]

Rough Trade

by Andrea Mandel-Campbell

How Canada’s diamond bonanza is turning a gritty and secretive industry inside out…[more]

Falling to Pieces

by Michael Betcherman

How did a sport that had, outside of Russia, fewer fans than the Montreal Expos, attain the status of the Super Bowl?…[more]

The New World, Anew

by Noah Richler

Colin McAdam’s tale of a builder and a bureaucrat illuminates a Canada we all know but seldom see…[more]

Shop Till You Transcend

by Carrey Toane

At the annual Dubai festival, consumption is the main event…[more]

April/May 2004

Life with the 7th Cavalry The cover story of your February/March issue, “[more]

Three Hats and a Flak Jacket

by Danny Rubinstein

It turned out that Arafat’s bloated condition has more to do with Israeli policy than with any physiological disorder…[more]

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