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Manufacturing Taste
The (un)natural history of Kraft Dinner—a dish that has shaped not only what we eat, but also who we are
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A Humble Architect
Moshe Safdie has designed buildings around the world for almost fifty years but doesn’t have an identifiable style. His latest work, an Arkansas art museum funded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, illustrates why it doesn’t matter
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The Uses and Abuses of University
Canada’s post-secondary education system is failing our students, and our economy
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Bugging Out
European fire ants invade BC’s Lower Mainland
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La Province Narcissique
It hardly seems possible, but Quebec is more self-absorbed today than it was fifty years ago
Read MoreAristotle Got It
The necessity of funding contemporary art, even if you don’t like it
Read MoreEditor’s Note
Whatever else it accomplished, the Occupy Movement, launched a year ago in New York’s Zuccotti Park, put income inequality on the agenda. The phrases “the 1 percent” and “the 99 …
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The Small Hours
He had his parents’ second car to get around the city, to ferry his father to and from appointments at the hospital, but he was staying at a boarding house …
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The Ace Age
Tennis pro Milos Raonic has poise, drive, and a killer serve. Is that enough to make him a superstar?
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