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June 2007

"When I was a kid, I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realized, the Lord doesn't work that way. So I just stole one and asked Him to forgive me."
- Emo Phillips


The Mindful Museum

June 2007

The Mindful Museum

by Adam Gopnik
Museums were once mausoleums of the past, but the museum of the future will help us understand our place in the vast expanse of time. NMA Gold Medal: Arts & Entertainment
photography by Vid Ingelevics

Verse and Versatility

Literature

Verse and Versatility

Central America’s poets confront the era of globalization

Peaking on the Prairies

Society

Peaking on the Prairies

Long before touching down in San Francisco, LSD was primed to become a psychiatric wonder drug in Saskatoon

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Tank Talk

National Magazine Award Gold Medal

Tank Talk

Overheard at the armoury. NMA Gold Medal: Spot Illustration


Bonus Photos for “Peaking on the Prairies”

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Bonus Photos for “Peaking on the Prairies”

“In 1952, Sandoz’s Montreal branch sent a package of lsd to Saskatchewan,. » View Photo Gallery «


June 2007 Bibliographies

Further Reading

June 2007 Bibliographies

More information on topics presented in the June 2007 issue


Advanced Search

Field Notes

Advanced Search

A real-life Google query goes awry



All That Glitters

Field Notes

All That Glitters

From jagged crevice to jeweller, Afghan gems travel a perilous path



The Sounds of Science

Music

The Sounds of Science

Computer-generated music moves out of the lab


June 2007

Letters

June 2007

Articles of Faith Daniel Baird’s


Holy Intercourse

Field Notes

Holy Intercourse

An Egyptian professor dispenses her sex advice to the Arabic-speaking world


Forgiveness

National Magazine Award Nominee

Forgiveness

The weak get even, and the great get over it. NMA nominee: Best Short Feature


“The Society of Difference”

Civics

“The Society of Difference”

An excerpt from the eighth annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture, March 2, 2007, Vancouver


Permanent Ways

Field Notes

Permanent Ways

Riding the midnight train to Moscow


Notwithstanding

Society

Notwithstanding

A playwright takes on the Charter


Vive le Saskatoon libre

Sightings

Vive le Saskatoon libre

“Paris of the Prairies” is an intriguing sobriquet for a town that began as a site for buffalo kills,


Oasis of Hope

National Magazine Award Nominee

Oasis of Hope

Love, sex, and a mid-life crisis at a Tijuana cancer clinic. NMA nominee: Health and Medicine


A Russian Tragedy

International Affairs

A Russian Tragedy

Once soulful and historic, the Russian village is dying. Will the state survive?


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