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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

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.…[more]

Touchez-pas That Dial

by Martin Patriquin

An anglophone DJ charms Montreal listeners, one bungled word at a time…[more]

Domestic Terroir

by Don Gillmor

Will Pinot Noir elevate Canadian wine to world-class status?…[more]

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The Last Spike

by Ken Alexander

The week before federal politicians decamped for the summer began with the second Liberal leadership debate in Moncton,…[more]

Straight and Narrow

by Wendy Glauser

Homophobia ensnares Uganda’s leading gay-rights advocate…[more]

The Promise of Beauty

by Pico Iyer

Terrence Malick’s brave new worlds …[more]

Greening Giant?

by Chris Turner

A sprawling Indian metropolis spawns an eco-construction trend…[more]

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…[more]

The True West, Strong and Free

by Allan Gregg

What will Canada’s richest province do with its new-found power?…[more]

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 «

Will CANDU Do?

by Paul Webster

The black sheep of the world’s nuclear-reactor family struggles to compete…[more]

Snapshots From Cannes

by Marni Jackson

Where every woman stars in her own movie…[more]

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…[more]

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 [more]

The Projectionist

by Kendall Messick

Kendall Messick unearths a subterranean movie house. » View Photo Gallery «

Married with Husbands

by Wendy Dennis

A pitch for a new one-hour television series…[more]

Little Boy’s Family Reunion

by Marcello Di Cintio

The children of Hiroshima visit the unrepentant birthplace of the bomb…[more]

MARCH 2010

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