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November 2005

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away
if your car could go straight upwards."
- Sir Fred Hoyle, British astrophysicist (1915-2001)


Suburbia’s Last Stand

November 2005

Suburbia’s Last Stand

by Larry Frolick
Ontario wants to force its car-dependent masses into denser neighbourhoods
illustrations by Seymour Chwast, Mathew Borrett, and Olia Mishchenko

Artful Crimes

Art

Artful Crimes

Curators call it the Lost Museum, a vast fictional place that houses all the artwork ever stolen

A Tribute Paid to Reason

Politics

A Tribute Paid to Reason

Cross-examining the legacy of the Nuremberg war-crimes tribunals

More Stories in this issue

The Wilderness Within

Society

The Wilderness Within

A feral child and the quest to be human: a Fijian odyssey


Young Patriotic Fervour

Field Notes

Young Patriotic Fervour

Young Patriots of the Ivory Coast


Behind the Cotton Curtain

Style

Behind the Cotton Curtain

The hazards of cross-cultural bra shopping


Hubris in Paradise

Field Notes

Hubris in Paradise

Marshall Islands missile tests


African Adventure

Detail

African Adventure

Curator Simon Njami on the enigmatic work of white South African artist Jane Alexander


To CBC or Not to CBC

Sightings

To CBC or Not to CBC

In the debate over whether Canada needs a public broadcaster, on the negative side the familiar arguments are


To Fort Mac and Back

Field Notes

To Fort Mac and Back

Newfoundlanders in Fort Mac


Ideological Warfare

Books

Ideological Warfare

Why the United States needs opinionated loudmouths


The Second-last Corporate Retreat

Imaginings

The Second-last Corporate Retreat

Thinking inside the box


Do the Math

Education

Do the Math

Why ‘rithmetic shouldn’t make you cringe


Never on the Rocks

Sporting Life

Never on the Rocks

An American oenophile’s guide to curling in Canada


Miss You Already

Fiction

Miss You Already

Mary Ann didn’t think she would want the casket open. But when the funeral director led her in and she saw


Warm Fuzzy Justice

Field Notes

Warm Fuzzy Justice

Colorado’s circle of justice


The Brawling East End

Field Notes

The Brawling East End

A mosque in East London


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