April 2007

"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."
- John Cage

April 2007

Driven to Distraction

by John Lorinc

How our multi-channel, multi-tasking society is making it harder for us to think. NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment…[more]

photography by Phillip Toledano

God’s Slow Death

by Daniel Baird

Three atheists argue for reason in the face of faith. NMA Gold Medal: Illustration, Sam Weber…[more]

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Calpurnia’s Thought Record

by Andrew Clark

An Ides of March Walrus web exclusive…[more]

April 2007

by The Walrus Readers

Our Story Begins . . . I greatly enjoyed Don Gillmor’s piece on the Liberal convention ([more]

Forgotten, But Not Gone

by Janine MacLeod

Can the Conservatives’ new plan solve the long-neglected problem of chemical pollution?…[more]

Caledonia

by Ken Babstock

Then we came out in numbers. As Canadians we came out in numbers with flags. With flags aloft and hooting we stepped out in anger and in…[more]

It’s a Dog’s Life

by Alison Gillmor

They’re not just pets anymore — they’re teachers, preachers, shrinks, and philosophers…[more]

Cubic Connection

by Siobhan Roberts

A reclusive amateur geometer who hates numbers receives a visitor…[more]

Better Red, Then Dead

by Joshua Knelman

Can a plan to divert the Red Sea save the Dead — and offer new hope for peace?…[more]

Monumental Vibrations

by Ryan Knighton

A blind man listens to the world’s longest song…[more]

National Magazine Award Gold Medal

No longer kept in check by cold winters, the mountain pine beetle has killed $50 billion worth of BC forest in less than a decade. NMA Gold Medal: Best New Writer; NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment…[more]