November 2006
"The mind is more powerful than anything.... If we were able to use our full minds we would probably destroy ourselves and the world."
- Justin Timberlake
November 2006
The Conspiracy Against Africa
by Gerald Caplan
Africa is a mess and it’s not going to get better any time soon.Paintings by Cheri Samba
Urban Affairs
A Resonant Boom
by Charles Foran
How Shanghai’s citizens view their city’s seemingly unending growth.
Photo Essay
Safe and Sexy
by Sarah Hughes
A photo essay on the choices women make about what they wear » View Photo Gallery «
More Stories in this issue
Sightings
“Chillax, Pops”
by Ken Alexander
I‘m not sure exactly when Canada struck me anew as a decent place worth fighting for, but it happened sometime
Field Notes
Banking on Catastrophe
by Jake Bogoch
Beneath an Arctic island, the seeds of a postapocalyptic garden lie buried
Society
Alberta’s Gamble with Gambling
by Andrew Nikiforuk
The “crack cocaine” of gaming hooks a senior mandarin—and the provincial treasury
Field Notes
The Frozen Zoo
by Megan Ogilvie
As species disappear, natural history’s future is put on ice
Science
The Teenage Brain
by Nora Underwood
Why adolescents sleep in, take risks, and won’t listen to reason
Field Notes
Keeping Everest Honest
by Bernadette McDonald
Elizabeth Hawley, arbiter of Himalayan glory and shame, calls it like she sees it
buzz
A Walrus Online Special Feature: buzz
buzz is an urban storytelling project conceived of by Toronto resident Jay Pitter as a way for young adults from. » View Photo Gallery «
Detail
Made in Mexico
by Martin Parr
British photographer Martin Parr isn’t your stereotypical gringo. » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
Scarce Heard Amid the Guns
by Murray Thomson
Does Canada’s war museum say enough about peace?
Ephemera
Ephemera
by Rita Leistner
The Israel Defense Forces dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets on Lebanon. » View Photo Gallery «
