November 2004

"Art is like medicine - it can heal. Yet I've always been amazed at how many believe in medicine but don't believe in art, without questioning either."
- Damien Hirst

November 2004

The Numbers Game

by Tom Fennell

Larger, richer, more powerful than ever: that’s the forecast for the U.S. as its birth rate exceeds that of any other industrialized nation — and nearly doubles that of Canada.…[more]

illustration by R.O. Jones

Ideas

Life, at What Price?

by Ivor Shapiro

Canada does not have universal health care, but it could. The secret might lie in the Oregon experiment, a radical and life-promoting solution…[more]

Anthropology

Rough Justice

by Shawn Blore

Illegal diamonds are the prize. But death in the Amazon rainforest is the price, as Indians, Brazilian miners, and a mysterious third party fight over the richest deposit in South America.…[more]

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A Manual’s Labours

by Don Gillmor

The self-help sex book, like its first readers, has crossed middle age. With Viagra, both get a little lift…[more]

Method

The Brain Trainer

by Lisa Fitterman

How to focus, focus, focus…[more]

Field Notes

Smacking Down the Vote

by Christopher Flavelle

stamford, connecticut—At July’s Democratic National Convention, among the motley crew of talk-show…[more]

Elections

Gore Redux

by Paul Jay

Gore Vidal is leaving his Italian villa to fight his biggest battle yet…[more]

Reality

Studies Show...

by Ellen Vanstone

. . . that maybe you should, um, eat more chocolate ?…[more]

Media

Sounds of Motown

by David Hayes

Thirty years ago in Windsor, cklw, one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll stations ever, lost an angry battle with the newly created CRTC who demanded more Canadian content. …[more]

Letters

November 2004

The Calgary School Marci McDonald ([more]

Detail

Space Invaders

by Simone Decker

The seduction of small things made large…[more]

Sightings

Fall Classic

by Ken Alexander

Facts all come with points of view Facts don’t do what I want them to Facts just twist the truth around—Talking Heads, Crosseyed & Painless…[more]

Politics

A Love Affair with Secrecy

by David Berlin

The Access to Information Act was supposed to get government documents into the hands of Canadians. Instead, it has created a state in which there are often no documents to get.…[more]