February 2005
"The one thing that holds us together is our lack of unity."
- Pierre Berton (1920-2004)
February 2005
Quebec’s Final Victory
by Allan Gregg
Pierre Trudeau tried to stop a cycle of blackmail, where one province held up the national interest by bargaining solely for its own parish. Paul Martin’s new health accord is an invitation not just for one blackmailer, but for ten.Illustration by Leif Parsons
Espionage
Our Home and Wired Land
by Stevie Cameron
Spycraft struggles to stay on top of both terrorists and technology
International Politics
Strange Journey
by John Fraser
Everything old is new again as China reinvents itself for the twenty-first century.
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Field Notes
A Vote for Democracy in Palestine
by Paul Adams
jenin—When I visited a refugee camp in Jenin last fall, there were rows of new homes going up, painted in
Medicine
Corporate Cannabis
by Brian Preston
Will a new marijuana mist become the Aspirin of the twenty-first century?
Field Notes
Talking Through Divorce
by Ken Alexander
boston—Copley Square is a study in contrasts. At the south end sits the stately Boston Public Library, founded
Sightings
Be Prepared
by Ken Alexander
The latest Senate committee to investigate the media has set an ambitious goal: to study “the appropriate role of
Politics
Sistani’s Silent Partners
by Hugh Graham
The mysterious Al Dawa party, in league with head cleric Ayatollah Sistani, may be the new powerbrokers in post-election Iraq.
Field Notes
Missing Marshall McLuhan
by Andrew Clark
toronto—A trumpeter stands beside a bus shelter belting out jazz riffs, while out on the street a man on stilts
Technology
Only Connect
by Ellen Vanstone
The story of technological breakdown, a failure of true love, and how an Internet service non-provider ruined my life
Field Notes
Aging Gracefully
by Cathelijine Esser with Rebecca Silver Slayter
the hague—When Sabine Kupferberg, one of the finest contemporary dancers of the Nederlands Dans Theater (
