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That Time We Beat the Americans
A misunderstood moment, now 200 years old, defines us as Canadians. A citizens’ guide to the War of 1812
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Different Sides
We find ourselves on different sides Of a line that nobody drew Though it all may be one in the higher eye Down here where we live it is two …
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Baffled in Ashdod, Blind in Gaza
E.A.: former Israeli Defence Forces soldier who, in August 2010, posted photos of herself smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners. She labelled her Facebook album “The army… best time …
Read More Bee in Aster
I saw the crisped, curled, and sere beech leaf float from ninety feet above on a serene long voyage across the air and come to the fountain’s sheer falling wall …
Read MoreThe Peter Principle
This appeared in the March 2012 issue.
Read MoreRock of Aging
Notorious punk filmmaker Bruce McDonald grows up—and old—in his candid mockumentary sequel, Hard Core Logo II
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A Matter of Taste
Mitchell Davis, vice-president of the James Beard Foundation, believes you can’t develop a national cuisine until you create a public conversation about food
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Jewels of the Nile
In Luxor, foreign women with cash to spare find younger men for marriage—and more
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