POLITICSDisplay

US Miltary Psychics

by ALEX ROSLIN

November 23, 2009


The incredible tale of how the CIA and American military spent $20 million trying to read people's minds.

Is Ralph Nader Antidemocratic?

by SARAH COLGROVE

November 3, 2009


The tireless advocate's new novel is called "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" Has Nader abandoned activism for enlightened dictatorship?

Why Afghanistan is Canada's Next Korea

by NICK TAYLOR-VAISEY

October 16, 2009


Pundits like to compare the current war in Afghanistan to America's involvement in Vietnam. But Canada's participation in the Korean war is a much more instructive precedent.

Too Many Crazy Pills

by JOHN SEMLEY

October 12, 2009


Debunking Rachel Marsden's politically incorrect fantasies about Vancouver's 2010 Olympics.

Mile End vs. Morality Squad

by KELLY EBBELS

October 10, 2009


Montreal is spending millions to brand itself a "republic of culture." So why are police cracking down on the city's best creative hotspots?

Muslim Sex

by SAMER ELATRASH

October 8, 2009


The 1,300-year-old Quranic tradition of frank talk about sex is alive and well in online discussion boards.

Pure Laine Ponzi

by SARAH COLGROVE

October 2, 2009


The Quebec connection that turned Charles Ponzi into history’s most notorious scam artist.

Citizen Uprising

by IRA BASEN

September 21, 2009


The newspaper is dead, but can an upstart citizen media really replace it? The definitive Canadian account of journalism's changing face.

A Cheerless Inauguration

by "SEARCHING4AZADI"

September 16, 2009


A Tehran blogger, on condition of anonymity, describes the day a defiant Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term as Iran's president.

What’s Wrong with Africa

by JON EVANS

September 15, 2009


Africa is awash in Western aid, but technology, not handouts, will bring real change.

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Winter

ISSUE 34

Winter 2009


ON NEWSSTANDS

  • A More Perfect Union

    by LES HORSWILL

    The border between Canada and the United States pits two great countries against each other. Les Horswill makes the case for a greater North American federation.

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  • The Happiness Project

    by SHAUN PETT

    Endless economic growth hasn’t made us happier, so why do governments still tie well-being to wealth? Presenting a new, made-in-Canada benchmark for progress.

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  • My Choice

    by A.M. HINTON

    For A.M. Hinton, abortion was simply another issue to debate over drinks. Then she became pregnant.

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  • Generation Geek

    by JOHN SEMLEY

    At a time when comic book culture has never been more mainstream -- or more lucrative -- where’s the line between wannabe and true believer?

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  • The Not-Quite Novel

    by NATHAN WHITLOCK

    In their scramble to find the next breakthrough book, publishers are marketing awkward hybrids that are neither literary enough to last nor commercial enough to entertain.

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  • The Fox

    by KASIA JUNO VAN SCHAIK

    The prize-winning story from last year’s Quebec Writing Competition

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Soldier's Heart

    by JOEL ELLIOTT

    You’ve returned from a traumatizing tour of duty, suicidal and haunted by images you can’t forget. Why won’t the military help?

  • Flappers

    by CHRISTOPHER MILLER

    Cute, skinny and scantily clad, flappers gave the rough-and-tumble funnies a much-needed sexual charge.

  • Kill Them All

    by STEPHEN O'SHEA

    Eight hundred years ago, crusaders slaughtered twenty thousand people in Languedoc, France. Today, fascination with the massacre has turned the region into a tourist trap.

  • Old Gays

    by JEAN-YVES GIRARD

    The generation that launched the queer-rights movement is entering its golden years. Some are still in no hurry to step out of the closet. Translated by Valerie Howes.

  • Four Seasons

    by SUSAN BRISCOE

    Four poems

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