April 2006

"Time is the substance from which I am made." --Jorge Luis Borges, "A New Refutation of Time."

April 2006

Night of the Hissing Cockroaches

by Daniel Wood

Poached earthworms, beer-battered goat testicles, tempura tarantulas: for Explorers Club members, it’s dinner…[more]

Illustration by Yuko Shimizu

The Cost of Care

by Alastair Brown

Unable to meet rising costs, the rural doctor becomes a vanishing breed …[more]

Israel’s Divided Soul

by David Berlin in Tel Aviv

Has the Zionist dream played itself out?…[more]

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And Flickering Tethers You to Me

by Yerra Sugarman

this flame remembering candles your bones So many windows splitting aloneness make the skyline a…[more]

Dispatches from the Void

by Christian Parenti

Three journalists watch the gears of history work in real time…[more]

Might is Wrong

by Veronica Cusack, wallpaper by Rinzen

Will Canadians make soft power work in Afghanistan? …[more]

A History of the Loonie, in Eight Pieces

by Monte Paulsen

The bird is hot. That flaxen-hued coin in your pocket is worth more than it has been since it was created in 1987. Economists predict it will fetch ninety cents or more against the US dollar before the end of the year, thanks to high prices for commoditie…[more]

Educational Resources

Poetic Rule

by The Walrus Staff

Content

According to Trudeau and Pascal why should we “concern ourselves with politics”
According to Plato,…[more]

Detail

Dreams from Exile

by Shirin Neshat

New York-based Iranian artist Shirin Neshat descends into madness…[more]

Travel

Looking for Jean Rhys

by Ellen Vanstone

An unresolved fascination with the author of Wide Sargasso Sea leads to the remote island of Dominica, and, alas, to oneself…[more]

Essay

Caught in Time’s Current

by Christopher Dewdney

Our human quarrel with the clock…[more]

Imaginings

Insurance Insurance

by Andrew Braithwaite

I went to see my auto insurance agent Steve a couple of weeks ago. “Sir, as your accredited automobile insurance agent, my primary…[more]

Art

Natural Anxieties

by Mark A. Cheetham

Why go to a museum to see the sun?…[more]

Field Notes

Mush Rush

by Lawrence Millman

Canada…[more]

Field Notes

The Right Side of the Road

by Denis Seguin

Rwanda…[more]

Field Notes

Repent and Click No More

by Mary Ambrose

United States…[more]

Sightings

Election After-Math

by Ken Alexander

The chimeric effect of the polls turned us into strategic voters. The question was how should I vote to avoid this or that. …[more]

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