Gore Redux
Gore Vidal is leaving his Italian villa to fight his biggest battle yet
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Life, at What Price?
Canada does not have universal health care, but it could. The secret might lie in the Oregon experiment, a radical and life-promoting solution
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Rough Justice
Illegal diamonds are the prize. But death in the Amazon rainforest is the price, as Indians, Brazilian miners, and a mysterious third party fight over the richest deposit in South America.
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Sounds of Motown
Thirty years ago in Windsor, cklw, one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll stations ever, lost an angry battle with the newly created CRTC who demanded more Canadian content.
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The Sleepers
In the eye of sleep, brushing against some spelunker’s rope, the mind comes undone and stitches memories to dreams. Who will imagine that within the wriggling and miraculous morning estuary …
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A Manual’s Labours
The self-help sex book, like its first readers, has crossed middle age. With Viagra, both get a little lift
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Amateurs Like Us
Those incredible men and women and their sort of doable, not-too-daunting feats
Read More Rains Rain
Rain drops— an inverted flock hanging on blue laundry line Rain weights radiant clematis petals white to earth Rain gleams dull surfaces darkens others The bounce, the tap, pelt, pinprick, …
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