September 2008
"The first disappointments had passed: no ghostly centipedes, no strange-eared octopi, no clever adaptations to the lightlessness and the cold - just barren death."
- Stephen Marche, in "Tom Cruise at Lake Vostok"
September 2008
The Anti-Socialite
by Denis Seguin
Life with an Asperger’s childillustration by Vänskap
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Photo Gallery: Second Place Finishes
by Sandy Nicholson
When losing is still winning. Sort of. » View Photo Gallery «
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I Try to Help
by Vezi Tayyeb
Some small talk at a Dubai Starbucks and then, unexpectedly, Ihab gets serious
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History at Invesco Field
by Salimah Y. Ebrahim
Have Canadians ever been this passionate?. » View Photo Gallery «
Letters
September 2008
by The Walrus Readers
On foreign doctors, prime ministerial biographers, militant cyclists, and the fascinating Doukhobors
Society
Frontier Families
by Matthew Hays
The complexities of queer parenthood. » View Photo Gallery «
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A Turkish Town, Waiting for Destruction
by Carolyn Drake
Images of Hasankeyf, Turkey.. » View Photo Gallery «
International Affairs
A Land Apart
by Christopher Frey
Can Turkey fulfill its promise as a bridge between East and West when its own peoples stand divided?
Law
The People’s Court
by Alex Hutchinson
Doctors are paid for through our taxes. Why not lawyers? Alex Hutchinson examines a case for universal legal care
Book Review
Review: Revenant
by Paul Isaacs
The romantic side of Anglesey, and other things not featured in this novel
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Q&A: Pasha Malla
by The Shelf, Walrus Blogs
Our books blogger interviews Canadian writer Pasha Malla
Book Review
Review: What Is America?
by Daniel Baird
America’s genocidal history, as discussed in Ronald Wright’s new book
Art
The Renaissance of Cute
by Nick Mount
How the street brought pleasure back to art — for free. » View Photo Gallery «
Health
Cellphone Games
by Melinda Wenner
Does radio frequency radiation pose a cancer risk? Researchers in the largest study to date won’t say
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The World’s ‘Best’ Car Bombers?
by Christopher Watt
Q&A with ex-CIA agent Robert Baer on terror, the Iran crisis, and Hezbollah blasts
Book Review
Review: The Wrecking Crew
by Izida Zorde
Thomas Frank’s follow-up to What’s the Matter with Kansas
