March 2009

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Audio Q&A: On Stephen Harper

by William Johnson

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

by John Macfarlane

Travel

The All-Inclusive Exclusive

by Nicholas Hune Brown

A week in a Cuban paradise, until Hurricane Paloma hits

Computer Games

Let’s All Be Neighbours
on Will Wright Street

by Lee Henderson

In Spore and Sims 3, gamers become gods

Recovered

War Correspondence

by Heba Aly

Staying connected through Sudan’s struggle

Russia

Forged in Fire

by Fred Weir

A red diaper baby in Russia witnesses the rise of Vladimir Putin

Letters

March 2009

by The Walrus Readers

On Afghanistan, and “The Lynching of Louie Sam”

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Travelling Through Time

by Monika Aichele

An series of illustrations from the March 2009 issue.. » View Photo Gallery «

Technology

Human Resources

by Alex Hutchinson

ReCAPTCHA: The job you didn’t even know you had

Poetry

Some Other Just Ones

by Steven Heighton

A footnote to Borges

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Q&A: David Bergen

by Jared Bland

David Bergen speaks to The Walrus Blogs about his novel, The Retreat

Fiction

Saved

by David Bergen

A new short story by David Bergen

Economics

What Would Smith Say?

by Peter Foster

The financial meltdown, through the eyes of the father of capitalism

Environment

The Opposite of Apocalypse

by J. B. MacKinnon

Conservationists are restoring a living tortoise fossil to its prehistoric range. Can we recreate nature?

Feature

The Outsider

by William Johnson

How Stephen Harper brought Canada to conservatism and the Conservatives to crisis

Film

To NFB or Not to NFB

by Matthew Hays

The NFB celebrates its 70th birthday to accolades abroad, but obscurity at home

Theatre

Divided Souls

by Richard Ouzounian

For director Daniel Brooks, life and work are one

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The NFB in 2009

by Sean Rogers

VIDEO: A introduction to the work of Canada’s National Film Board.

Memoir

House of Snow

by Michael Winter

A memoir of whiteout in Newfoundland