December/January 2005

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song/A medley of extemporanea/And love is a thing
that can never go wrong/And I am Marie of Romania."
- Dorothy Parker

December/January 2005

Who Controls Canada’s Arctic?

by Andrea Mandel-Campbell

Spies, submarines, and foreign ships may signal that our claim to the North is melting…[more]

Everyday Poisons

by Paul Webster

Are fire retardants actually a toxic hazard?…[more]

The Mystery of Marriage

by Wendy Dennis

Half of modern unions end in divorce or separation. Is it just us? Or does the institution itself need to be reconsidered?…[more]

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From Sir, With Love

by Wayne Johnston

roanoke, virginia—I was recently offered and accepted a “chair” at Hollins University in Roanoke,…[more]

Burma on the Brink

by David Kendall

The military junta in Burma has agreed to discuss democracy, but the pace of reform is agonizingly slow…[more]

Inside a Different Kabul

by Ahmet Sel

Seven portraits from post-Taliban Afghanistan, photographed by Ahmet Sel…[more]

God in a Pickup Truck

by Donna Morrissey

It was around five o’clock in the evening when the winds struck. Till then the air had been quiet, the darkening…[more]

A Truthful Mind

by Mark Lombardi

New York-based visual artist Mark Lombardi spent his career tracing the intricate international webs that link world…[more]

An Israeli’s Life

by Gilad Grossman

herzliya, israel—Here I sit, in the heat and humidity, with a salary that would insult most North Americans and…[more]

The Wilcox Manuscripts

by Mark Abley

wilcox, saskatchewan—Here are a few things you’ll find in Wilcox, Saskatchewan: one little store, one…[more]

Midnight in Moscow

by Stephen Handelman

moscow—When he’s in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin lives in a forested compound complete with…[more]

The Names of Our Lives

by Fraser Sutherland

Will the real Paul Martin please stand up…[more]

Hail to the Hicks

by Andrew Clark

How Hee Haw, Red Green, and Corner Gas uphold a grand Canadian tradition…[more]

Time Machine

by Michael Wesely

“This photograph is telling the story of constructing the new Museum of Modern Art in New York. All the phases…[more]

Lease

by Margaret Christakos

Impatient: You had visited the day of purchase, Dates each had costumed. Every item on own Hanger, recalled the fabric, as I pushed…[more]

Burning Man

by Charles Foran

Books discussed in this essay An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra…[more]

A Very Civil War

by Ken Alexander

Clinging perilously to a minority government, Prime Minister Paul Martin is trying to articulate a vision that will…[more]

A Lilac Begins To Leaf

by Sina Queyras

Last night the memory of her mother walked out into the parking lot of the Long Rail Tavern at precisely five minutes to twelve. Where her tears…[more]

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With the seas nearly barren, should Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, settle for selling the earth? NMA Silver Medal: Still-life Photography, Russell Monk; NMA Nominee: Investigative Reporting, Noah Richler