September 2006
"I resolve daily that at dusk I shall repent
For a night with a cup full of wine spent."
—from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
September 2006
Touchez-pas That Dial
by Martin Patriquin
An anglophone DJ charms Montreal listeners, one bungled word at a timePhotograph by Martin Patriquin
Food and Drink
Domestic Terroir
by Don Gillmor
Will Pinot Noir elevate Canadian wine to world-class status?
More Stories in this issue
Field Notes
Greening Giant?
by Chris Turner
A sprawling Indian metropolis spawns an eco-construction trend
Field Notes
Little Boy’s Family Reunion
by Marcello Di Cintio
The children of Hiroshima visit the unrepentant birthplace of the bomb
Field Notes
Straight and Narrow
by Wendy Glauser
Homophobia ensnares Uganda’s leading gay-rights advocate
Poetry
Under North America
by Tim Liburn
On tongues of jammed horsetail, stacked as plates on the jaws of fish, a scaffold of femurs and calottes staggering from foundation posts of
Astronomy
Far from Home
by Monte Paulsen
Are we alone in the vastness of space? Or is the universe filled with life? After thousands of years of guesswork, humankind may soon know for sure.
Detail
The Projectionist
by Kendall Messick
Kendall Messick unearths a subterranean movie house. » View Photo Gallery «
Energy
Will CANDU Do?
by Paul Webster
The black sheep of the world’s nuclear-reactor family struggles to compete
International Affairs
Iran’s Quiet Revolution
by Deborah Campbell
As the standoff with the United States heats up, Iranians are united on nuclear policy, but little else. » View Photo Gallery «
Further Reading
September 2006 Bibliographies
by The Walrus Staff
Field Notes
“Touchez-pas That Dial”
by Martin Patriquin
(pp. 16-18)
To hear Tim Morgan on air, tune into his
Letters
September 2006
by The Walrus Readers
National Renovations The triptych of articles on nation-building in Canada in your June issue by Roy Romanow, Alan Broadbent, and Mark
Politics
The True West, Strong and Free
by Allan Gregg
What will Canada’s richest province do with its new-found power?
Sightings
The Last Spike
by Ken Alexander
The week before federal politicians decamped for the summer began with the second Liberal leadership debate in Moncton,
