Desperately Seeking Ideas
Politics has been reduced to a guessing game about what voters want. Here’s a thought: how about an election fought on real issues
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Missing Mordecai
The Pope. Prince Rainier. Terri Schiavo. Numerous murders in Toronto the Good. More Iraqis. Satire. Context. Vocabulary. Death, not rebirth, seemed to haunt the news this spring, and it was …
Read MoreA Sidewalk Tour of Yucatán
The character and history of Mérida in Mexico is enshrined in its limestone walls and walkways. / Photo by Neil Beer/corbis mérida—The best way to see Mérida, the heat-smitten capital …
Read MoreThe Wealth of Shamans
Ghosta, a shaman in rural Mongolia, sitting in his ortz (left). Byambadorj, Ghosta’s more successful urban counterpart, in his ger (right). / Photos by Allan Coukell hovsgol province/ulaan baatar—On a …
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The Kurdish New Wave
diyarbakir—Every weekday morning, Hekim Aydin hops on board a beat-up moped and rides to Diyarbakir city hall. He spends his days there archiving historical documents, occasionally getting to shoot a …
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Ignatieff’s Challenge
Paul Martin once had a vision for Canada’s role in the world. Does he still?
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The Governor General in Finland
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Iran’s Bizarre Military Bazaar
Aircraft and armaments on Kish Island, an earthly paradise designed to win over the international community
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Wall-to-wall Politics
For mercenary painters like Nene, graffiti is both a way to make a living and a rite of democracy
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Kenyan sex worker Hawa Chelangat: still alive, still negative
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