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
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 & Entertainmentphotography by Vid Ingelevics
Literature
Verse and Versatility
by Stephen Henighan
Central America’s poets confront the era of globalization
Society
Peaking on the Prairies
by Jake MacDonald
Long before touching down in San Francisco, LSD was primed to become a psychiatric wonder drug in Saskatoon
More Stories in this issue
National Magazine Award Gold Medal
Tank Talk
by David Macfarlane
Overheard at the armoury. NMA Gold Medal: Spot Illustration
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Bonus Photos for “Peaking on the Prairies”
by Naomi Harris
“In 1952, Sandoz’s Montreal branch sent a package of lsd to Saskatchewan,. » View Photo Gallery «
Further Reading
June 2007 Bibliographies
by The Walrus Staff
More information on topics presented in the June 2007 issue
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Bonus Photos for “All That Glitters”
by Adnan Khan
Photos of Afghan gem journeys. » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
All That Glitters
by Adnan Khan
From jagged crevice to jeweller, Afghan gems travel a perilous path
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Bonus Photos for “Peaking on the Prairies” (Part II)
by Peter Fraser
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Field Notes
Holy Intercourse
by Jonathan Link
An Egyptian professor dispenses her sex advice to the Arabic-speaking world
National Magazine Award Nominee
Forgiveness
by June Callwood
The weak get even, and the great get over it. NMA nominee: Best Short Feature
Civics
“The Society of Difference”
by Adrienne Clarkson
An excerpt from the eighth annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture, March 2, 2007, Vancouver
Sightings
Vive le Saskatoon libre
by Ken Alexander
“Paris of the Prairies” is an intriguing sobriquet for a town that began as a site for buffalo kills,
National Magazine Award Nominee
Oasis of Hope
by Layne Coleman
Love, sex, and a mid-life crisis at a Tijuana cancer clinic. NMA nominee: Health and Medicine
International Affairs
A Russian Tragedy
by Alex Shoumatoff
Once soulful and historic, the Russian village is dying. Will the state survive?
