May 2005
"To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend."
- Jacques Derrida
More Stories in this issue
Trends
13 Reasons For List Lust
by Marni Jackson
Remember: it’s quantification, not quality, that counts
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?
Environment
The Forest’s Edge
by Patrick Lane
As a youth, the trees sustained me. I wonder now, have they been betrayed ?
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
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,
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
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
Foreign Policy
Ignatieff’s Challenge
by Christopher Flavelle
Paul Martin once had a vision for Canada’s role in the world. Does he still?
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
Field Notes
Modernism Matters
by Alex Bozikovic
peterborough—On the Faryon Bridge, a swooping concrete parabola across the Otonabee River near Peterborough,
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
Detail
Confusing, Vexing, And Beautiful
by David Byrne
David Byrne turns the deadly sins on their head to say something new about the world
