October 2004

Field Notes

Pigs in the City

by Chris Koentges

berlin—Derk Ehlert has that whimsical quality of movement whereby his torso seems to chase after his neck,…[more]

Why Kerry Will Win

by Stephen Handelman

In February, 1996, when the right-wing firebrand Pat Buchanan looked improbably close to winning that summer’s…[more]

Books

The Photographer and the Philosopher

by Pico Iyer

books discussed in this review: Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by jan…[more]

Why Bush Will Win

by Michael Adams

As Canadians lick their wounds over our national election result – a minority that carries with it the likelihood of…[more]

Essay

The Genocide Problem: “Never Again” All Over Again

by Gerald Caplan

On a quiet Sunday in the early summer of 1999, I was recruited into the tiny but growing army of enigmatic characters…[more]

Field Notes

Truth and Reconciliation in Montreal

by Joel Yanofsky

montreal — Three years ago, on a day in October, Ann Ungar reported for her first day of work as the newly…[more]

Media

Not the Six-O’clock News

by Jeannie Marshall

In post-Communist Albania, teen reporters are redefining broadcast journalism…[more]

Reality

Answers to Common Questions about Sex and Ageing

by “Dr.” Barbara Nichol

It’s later than you think…[more]

Field Notes

Sundaes with Chavez

by Linda McQuaig

caracas — Despite previous disappointments, I always retain the faint hope that the hotel I have booked will…[more]

Detail

The Anti-Monument

by Do-Ho Suh

Korean artist Do-Ho Suh brings the statue down from the pedestal…[more]

Sightings

Class is Back

by Ken Alexander

North America is lucky. As two polities tied to Britain, one war-like and fit to be tied, the other much less so, the…[more]

Poetry

January 20, 2003

by Juliana Spahr

In the summer of 1970, Shelly Grimson, a twenty-two-year-old university student with long hair, an army jacket, and a…[more]

Language

Eloquence Lost

by Charles Foran

On Abraham Lincoln, The O.C., and the demise of the typographical mind…[more]

History

A Ridiculously Brief History of Rwanda

by Gerald Caplan

Like all major events, there are both complex and over- simplified versions of the Rwanda genocide. While there were…[more]

Field Notes

The First Responders

by Stephen Handelman

Killology in Colorado…[more]

Fiction

Samson and Delilah

by Jonathan Goldstein

Samson’s father was an Israelite named Manoah. Manoah was an intellectual and a man of peace. He believed the…[more]

Dispatches

The Man Behind Stephen Harper

by Marci McDonald

The new Conservative Party has tasted success and wants majority rule. If Tom Flanagan and his Calgary School have their way, they’ll get it without compromising their principles.…[more]