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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"


The Anti-Socialite

September 2008

The Anti-Socialite

by Denis Seguin
Life with an Asperger’s child…[more]
illustration by Vänskap

Tom Cruise at Lake Vostok

Fiction

Tom Cruise at Lake Vostok

Researchers in Antarctica find Hollywood ghosts…[more]

Sink or Swim

Sporting Life

Sink or Swim

Pierre Lafontaine’s bid to revive Swimming Canada…[more]

More Stories in this issue


Bomb That Brush

Field Notes

Bomb That Brush

Renegade retirees…[more]


The Other Darwin

Books

The Other Darwin

The nineteenth-century naturalist gets emotional…[more]


The World’s ‘Best’ Car Bombers?

Online Exclusive

The World’s ‘Best’ Car Bombers?

Q&A with ex-CIA agent Robert Baer on terror, the Iran crisis, and Hezbollah blasts …[more]


Review: The Killing Circle

Book Review

Review: The Killing Circle

A new suspense novel from Andrew Pyper…[more]


Photo Gallery: Second Place Finishes

Online Exclusive

Photo Gallery: Second Place Finishes

When losing is still winning. Sort of.. » View Photo Gallery «


The People’s Court

Law

The People’s Court

Doctors are paid for through our taxes. Why not lawyers? Alex Hutchinson examines a case for universal legal care…[more]


Squashing Ducks

Field Notes

Squashing Ducks

Globalization gone awry…[more]


I Try to Help

Online Exclusive

I Try to Help

Some small talk at a Dubai Starbucks and then, unexpectedly, Ihab gets serious…[more]


History at Invesco Field

Online Exclusive

History at Invesco Field

Have Canadians ever been this passionate?. » View Photo Gallery «


Review: Revenant

Book Review

Review: Revenant

The romantic side of Anglesey, and other things not featured in this novel…[more]


Review: The Wrecking Crew

Book Review

Review: The Wrecking Crew

Thomas Frank’s follow-up to What’s the Matter with Kansas[more]


Cellphone Games

Health

Cellphone Games

Does radio frequency radiation pose a cancer risk? Researchers in the largest study to date won’t say…[more]


A Land Apart

International Affairs

A Land Apart

Can Turkey fulfill its promise as a bridge between East and West when its own peoples stand divided?…[more]


Q&A: Pasha Malla

Online Exclusive

Q&A: Pasha Malla

Our books blogger interviews Canadian writer Pasha Malla…[more]


Review: What Is America?

Book Review

Review: What Is America?

America’s genocidal history, as discussed in Ronald Wright’s new book…[more]


Shift Happens

Sightings

Shift Happens

Stéphane Dion is the anti-Reagan…[more]


Do Avatars Dream of Electric Streets?

Field Notes

Do Avatars Dream of Electric Streets?

A virtual fantasia of China…[more]


Close to the Bone

Field Notes

Close to the Bone

Searching for justice in Colombia…[more]


The Quiet Art of Cartooning

Detail

The Quiet Art of Cartooning

The loneliness of the no-distance cartoonist…[more]


September 2008

Letters

September 2008

On foreign doctors, prime ministerial biographers, militant cyclists, and the fascinating Doukhobors…[more]


The Renaissance of Cute

Art

The Renaissance of Cute

How the street brought pleasure back to art — for free. » View Photo Gallery «


At The Whisky Tasting

Imaginings

At The Whisky Tasting

Whisky tasting for the professional…[more]


Frontier Families

Society

Frontier Families

The complexities of queer parenthood. » View Photo Gallery «


Shelley Ambrose, Executive Director of the Walrus Foundation,
talks about how you can support The Walrus. Email Shelley for
more details at shelley.ambrose@walrusmagazine.com.
(Video courtesy of BNN.)

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