Thursday, May 15, 2008
May 2008
"She has a bottle of oval, peach-coloured Valium they only give to cancer patients and the diabolically nervous... and she never shares."
--Ali Riley, in "Hag"
Politics
Politics as Unusual: Sanity Found
by Barry Campbell
The rapture and regret of leaving Ottawa…[more]
Education
Failure to Fail
by Jay Teitel
Why are students no longer flunking university? Is it their brains, or their wallets? …[more]
More Stories in this issue
Books
Femmes Fatales
by Marianne Ackerman
For a new generation of Quebec writers, sex is about everything but pleasure…[more]
Sporting Life
Grounds To Pound
by Jan Dutkiewicz and Jeremy Keehn
Mixed martial arts fights for legitimacy…[more]
Online Exclusive
Latrine Graffiti, Kuwait and Afghanistan
by Steve Featherstone
American soldiers’ restroom graffiti in Afghanistan and Kuwait…[more]
Online Exclusive
Techno Tuesday
by Andy Rementer
Does the Internet make you want to kill yourself? Cartoons can help. » View Photo Gallery «
Online Exclusive
Ten Essential Korean Oddities
by Joel McConvey
Our blogger in South Korea on deer antler liquor and the national obsession with poop…[more]
Society
It’s Hard to be a Saint in Sao Paulo
by Carlos Cazalis
Stories and scenes from Brazil’s largest city. » View Photo Gallery «
Online Exclusive
Coca Si, Cocaina No
by Ruxandra Guidi & Bear Guerra
Plants, politics, and cocaine in Bolivia. A special audio slideshow…[more]
Book Review
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
by Ken Alexander
Julian Barnes memoir is quite an attention grabber…[more]
Online Exclusive
War Child: Q&A
by Daniel Aldana Cohen
An interview with Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada…[more]
Online Exclusive
The Saddest Music In the World
by The Walrus
From The Kinks to Kermit the Frog, we chose our 30 favourite sad songs. What are yours? …[more]
Online Exclusive
Fight Nicknames
by Jeremy Keehn and Jan Dutkiewicz
Prospective nicknames for future fighters.…[more]
Sightings
Primary Colours
by Ken Alexander
The US primaries’ moronic inferno: Why can’t Canada have this much fun?…[more]
Online Exclusive
Fight Video
by Jeremy Keehn and Jan Dutkiewicz
Video of Mixed Martial Arts fighter Nick Denis: three rounds in the ring.…[more]
Fiction
Hag
by Ali Riley
An expanded version of Ali Riley’s award-winning story, excerpted in the May 2008 issue …[more]
Online Exclusive
Photo Exclusive: Burtysnky at the Theatre
by Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky photographs the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. » View Photo Gallery «
Letters
May Letters
by The Walrus Readers
Justify the Means I realize that the intent of The Walrus is to provide an alternative point of view to so-called mainstream media.…[more]
Society
The Spy Who Blogged Me
by Hal Niedzviecki
How we learned to stop worrying and love surveillance…[more]
Imaginings
Kim Jong Il: The Script Notes
by John Reardon
Kim Jong Il: Lover, dictator, bon vivant... movie star?…[more]
Book Review
The Other Side of the Coin
by Jan Dutkiewicz
David Orrell challenges neoclassical economics…[more]
Science
Merchant Scientists
by Ann Silversides
How commercialization is changing research in Canada…[more]
Book Review
Food, Sex, and Salmonella
by Nora Underwood
David Waltner-Toews gets down and dirty…[more]
Architecture
The Earthship Has Landed
by Chris Turner
Michael Reynolds’ quest for sustainable structures. » View Photo Gallery «
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