Editor’s Note
Michael Ignatieff begins his recent memoir with a meditation on citizenship in which he writes that the true patriot is obliged to acknowledge “the dark with the light.” It is …
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For the Fighter Pilot Made Redundant by Unmanned Drones
Fatigued, he bides there, glum, in the desert Tim Hortons simulacrum, that mirage of home dragged out the tail end of a C130 Hercules and opened for business. In his …
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A Tale of Two Cities
The Vancouver you see, and the one you don’t
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Real Magic
At a special weight loss program for men, the author discovers that the only way to stop overeating is to start believing
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Paul Farenbacher’s Yard Sale
Paul Farenbacher always told me, Never call yourself a salesperson. What you do isn’t sales, he’d say. You aren’t in sales. What you are doing is providing people with an …
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Three Meals in Afghanistan
In cities and villages alike, a country seeking change clings tightly to its past
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The Unsporting Event
Do the Paralympic Games encourage athletes to win big by aiming low?
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Law of the Jungle
A new free trade deal implicates Canada in Peru’s Indian Problem
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Star-Crossed
Science fiction contains worlds of wonder, but without love it’s lonely in space
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