September 2005

"In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular."
- Laurence J. Peter, author of The Peter Principle (1969)

September 2005

The Rising Fall of the American Empire

by James Laxer

Republican imperialism has left the US divided. Can a United Nations initiative save America from itself?…[more]

Illustrations by R.O. Blechman, Nicholas Blechman, and Stefan Sagmeister. Illustrations from Empire, edited by Nicholas Blechman, Princeton Architectural Press

Foreign Billionaires Bring English Football to World, Agony & Ecstasy to Fans

by Timothy Taylor

If this keeps on, we’ll end up with the ground full of football tourists…[more]

Revenge of the Small

by Paul Adams

After a lifetime of two-party rule in Ottawa, the little guys are finally winning.…[more]

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Down with Perfume

by Tim McKeough

New York perfumer Christopher Brosius wants you to smell like you.…[more]

At the Floe Edge

by Denis Seguin

On the hunt in Igloolik with Zacharias Kunuk…[more]

How I Fell for Film

by Alastair Brown

Godard, Bresson, Kurosawa—it doesn’t get any better than that.…[more]

Sleeping with the Movies

by Marni Jackson

From first dates to film fests, cinema remains a most intimate experience.…[more]

Dangerous Liaisons

by Don Gillmor

How Hollywood seduced the world, then ate it.…[more]

Killer Ridge

by Donna Morrissey

At the best of times, Newfoundlanders are seasonally impaired. We know climate change—every two hours or…[more]

What Lies Beneath

by Ken Alexander

T he summer began with fireworks celebrating national birthdays in Canada and the United States, Sir Bob Geldof …[more]

Poppy Fields Forever?

by Sean Maloney

Booming opium production in Afghanistan is the latest—and potentially greatest—threat to the beleaguered country’s steps toward democracy.…[more]

Jew Funk

by David Coodin with files from Sharon Drache

Josh Dolgin, a.k.a. Socalled, is Montreal’s leading mixer of klezmer and hip hop.…[more]

A Mass for Romero

by Stephen Bede Scharper

Liberation theology in El Salvador…[more]

Why Psychoanalysis Matters

by Wendy Dennis

It has taken a back seat to pop psychology, pills, and other therapies in recent years. But now, thanks to Tony Soprano (and new neuroscientific research), the “talking cure” is sexy again.…[more]

You and Whose Army?

by Chris Koentges

Our last soldier in Cyprus…[more]

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In Stéphane Dion the Liberals have a new narrator and perhaps a hero. All now depends on the story he tells and how the Canadian everyman reacts. NMA Gold Medal: Politics and Public Interest, Don Gillmor