May 2005

Method

The Birdwatcher

by Sarah Fulford

Yossi Leshem saves lives by keeping his eye on the birds…[more]

Imaginings

A Very Palpable Hit

by Don Gillmor

Deconstructionists get down on gun deaths…[more]

Philosophy

Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Little Guys

by Rick Salutin

A father ponders the moral architecture of children on a trip to Sherwood Forest…[more]

Trends

13 Reasons For List Lust

by Marni Jackson

Remember: it’s quantification, not quality, that counts…[more]

Monarchy

Royal Cock-up

by Robert Mason Lee

Charles and Camilla are choosing personal gratification over the survival of a 1,000-year-old monarchy…[more]

Letters

May 2005

Canada And The “Blue States” Jeremy Rifkin’s provocative speculations ([more]

Books

The Life Quixotic

by Charles Foran

Cervantes’ man of la Mancha rides again…[more]

Environment

The Forest’s Edge

by Patrick Lane

As a youth, the trees sustained me. I wonder now, have they been betrayed ?…[more]

Field Notes

Iran’s Bizarre Military Bazaar

by Aram Roston

kish island—There is a main mosque on Kish Island’s north shore: a brick building with twin minarets…[more]

Field Notes

Lapland of Luxury

by Wayne Johnston

The Governor General in Finland…[more]

Field Notes

Vintage Technology

by Ruthie Wahl

napa valley—Last season’s sleeper hit Sideways is about the comic antics of two friends who travel…[more]

Field Notes

Modernism Matters

by Alex Bozikovic

peterborough—On the Faryon Bridge, a swooping concrete parabola across the Otonabee River near Peterborough,…[more]

Film

Docs in the House

by Alastair Brown

Why documentary film is finally burning up the big screen…[more]

Poetry

A Picture By Brueghel: Landscape With Icarus Falling

by Shane Rhodes

(contra Auden)…[more]

Foreign Policy

Ignatieff’s Challenge

by Christopher Flavelle

Paul Martin once had a vision for Canada’s role in the world. Does he still?…[more]

Sightings

In Memory Of

by Ken Alexander

It always takes long to come to what you have to say, you have to sweep this stretch of land up around your feet and point to the signs,…[more]

Detail

Confusing, Vexing, And Beautiful

by David Byrne

David Byrne turns the deadly sins on their head to say something new about the world…[more]

International Politics

Israel on the Brink

by David Berlin

As the deadline looms for settlers to leave the settlement of Gush Katif, will Sharon’s Disengagement Plan divide the country against itself?…[more]

You Are Here

Sushi Then and Now

by Chad Hershler

Sure, nowadays you’ll find sushi beside the cash register at your local gas station, but it has taken a long time…[more]