September 2004
"How fabulous the truth would have been to them, except that it would have shattered their theologies." --Paul West
September 2004
Tortured Civilizations: Islam and the West
by Tariq Ali
In the brutal aftermath of the war on Iraq, a genuine clash of civilizations has emerged. Could it have been avoided?Illustrations by Jeremy Traum
Security
Front Man
by Andrew Mitrovica
Grant Bristow kept silent for almost ten years about his controversial work as a CSIS spy in Canada’s neo-Nazi movement. Now, finally, he’s ready to tell his side of the story.
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Sightings
First Dibs on the 21st Century
by Ken Alexander
THE FIRST Canadian federal-election campaign of the 21st century hung Parliament, focused on the near past, and
Field Notes
Grocery-Store Wars
by Dierdre Hanna
new glasgow—Pictou County is in the part of Nova Scotia bordered to the north by the Northumberland Strait.
Letters
September 2004
by The Walrus Readers
Money for Nothing
Clive Thompson’s article on economist Edward Castronova (
Books
Spin Alert
by Ira Basen
Is an increasingly powerful public relations industry controlling the news?
Climate
Hot Air
by Douglas Bell
Global Warming as Hollywood celebrity: Pathetic fallacy? Or just plain pathetic?
Ephemera
Behind the Scene
by Arthur Kleinjan
Between 1999 and 2001, Dutch visual-artist Arthur Kleinjan spent hours perched in a balcony above the bleached-stone
Poetry
Untitled
by Nicole Brossard
where life has new words for soul and muscles about to and voices about to and desire about to there is always a surplus of meanings to absorb
Poetry
I’m Going To Read Three Poems
by Robert Kroetsch
Before I read this first poem I should tell you that my paternal grandfather had a gold pocket watch with a lid over the watch’s face. In his
Field Notes
Land Mines and Looters
by Jim Christy
phnom penh—I was climbing across the crumbling remains of Beng Melea, a one-kilometre-square temple complex
Detail
Con Artist
by Vik Muniz
“I MAKE recognizable images using unexpected materials. This portrait of Alice Liddell (the girl who
Detail
Primate Portraits
by Jill Greenberg
Portrait photographer Jill Greenberg has a successful career shooting celebrities such as Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood
Politics
How to Save Democracy
by Allan Gregg
The system is ailing and the disease is cynicism. Perhaps the time has come for a radical new treatment
Field Notes
Loss Leaders
by Madelaine Drohan
lusaka—In 2002, Zambia State Insurance Corporation, Zambia’s largest insurance company (with about 375
