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April 2009


The Outsider

The Outsider

by William Johnson
How Stephen Harper brought Canada to conservatism and the Conservatives to crisis

Perimeter’s Heart

Science

Perimeter’s Heart

World-renowned physicist and social innovator Neil Turok brings his mission to Waterloo

The Walrus Presents...

Comics

The Walrus Presents...

Conrad Black pardoned? Read our new monthly comic strip

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Goodbye, Guantánamo

International Affairs

Goodbye, Guantánamo

A photo gallery from the US military base in Cuba. » View Photo Gallery «


April 2009

Letters

April 2009

On security in Kabul, Bolivian cocaine, and the mountain that ate men.


The Whole Story

Fiction

The Whole Story

A short story by Helen Humphreys, author of “The Frozen Thames”


Doctor Evil

Frontier

Doctor Evil

Teaching disruptive physicians collegiality


The Other Porn Addiction

Society

The Other Porn Addiction

Why are ordinary women exposing themselves online?


The Porn Identity

Online Exclusive

The Porn Identity

Stacey May Fowles in conversation with Hal Niedzviecki on privacy and internet pornography


A Warbler At My Window

Poetry

A Warbler At My Window

A poem in The Walrus, by John Pass


Extraordinary Canadians

Books

Extraordinary Canadians

In a new biography series, Canada is reimagined as a liberal Protestant nation


It’s About Time

Humour

It’s About Time

A foolproof way to beat the late-winter blahs


Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

On the April 2009 issue of The Walrus


Love and Rockets

Field Notes

Love and Rockets

An India-Pakistan wedding, briefly interrupted by fighter jets.


Calgary’s Quixote

Profile

Calgary’s Quixote

David Swann takes over the most thankless job in Canadian politics — leader of Alberta’s Liberal Party


The Giant Ball

Comics

The Giant Ball

Looks like the Giant Ball did it again. » View Photo Gallery «


Cashing In

Television

Cashing In

With a new series on Showcase, Aboriginal humour is going mainstream


All in the Game

Politics

All in the Game

Inside the mind of Barack Obama as he sets forth on his first term as president.


Not-So-Mechanical Worlds

Literature

Not-So-Mechanical Worlds

Struan Sinclair bridges the gap between print and virtual reality


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Win a set of Extraordinary Canadians books

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