Thursday, May 15, 2008
March 2008
"I grant myself the quickest of shoulder checks and see the most fantastical thing: she, too, has tripped and is turning over onto her shoulder--the rotund belly, the blunt feet going up and over in the air. I will be crushed by a rolling elephant."
--Brian Payton, in "Fat of the Land"
March 2008
Fat of the Land
by Brian Payton
How trans fats endanger wild elephants in Borneo…[more]illustration by Sam Friedman
Field Notes
Digging for Paradise
by Yigal Schleifer
The world’s oldest temple offers a glimpse of the Garden of Eden…[more]
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Borneo’s Flora, Fauna, Fat
by Barry Calhoun / Redux Pictures
Borneo’s imperilled forests and wildlife: an online gallery » View Photo Gallery «
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Field Notes
Separation Anxiety
by Tyler Stiem
Caring for civil war survivors in Somaliland’s only mental hospital…[more]
Sporting Life
Facemasking
by David N. Meyer
How the National Football League hides the violence and racial conflict of the game…[more]
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Gallery: Cuba in Waiting
by Jennifer Osborne
Snapshots from a country yearning for change . » View Photo Gallery «
Environment
Nuclear Reaction
by Kate Harries
Accusations of cancerous fallout divide a small Ontario town…[more]
Letters
March 2008
by The Walrus Readers
On the Holocaust
I agree with what Rabbi Emil Fackenheim told young Rick (
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Campaign Memorabilia
by Barry and Matt Campbell
Scrapbook souvenirs from Barry Campbell’s political life …[more]
Art
Canadian Celebrities, Caricatured
by Charles Checketts
It’s not libel, it’s fun!. » View Photo Gallery «
Politics
Politics as Unusual:
A Legend is Born
by Barry Campbell
Barry Campbell runs for office, knocks on doors …[more]
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Canadian Designs Gallery
by Various
The renaissance in Canadian design. » View Photo Gallery «
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