From Sir, With Love
Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, where author Wayne Johnston is a “distinguished professor of creative writing.” / Image courtesy of Hollins University roanoke, virginia—I was recently offered and accepted a …
Read MoreDecember 2004/January 2005
Wendy Dennis ponders the realities of modern marriage; Andrea Mandel-Campbell warns that Canada may be losing its claim to the North; Ahmet Sel photographs the people of Kabul; Paul Webster sounds an alarm about fire retardants; Donna Morrissey remembers a snowy drive with her father . . .
A Very Civil War
Prime Minister Paul Martin is trying to articulate a vision that will knit Canadians together and push the Liberals to majority status in the next election
Read MoreThe Wilcox Manuscripts
Père Murray teaching a class at Notre Dame library in Saskatchewan, c.1950. / Image courtesy of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Archives wilcox, saskatchewan—Here are a few things you’ll …
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A Truthful Mind
New York-based visual artist Mark Lombardi spent his career tracing the intricate international webs that link world leaders and financial institutions with arms dealers, drug lords, and bagmen. Lombardi, who …
Read MoreAn Israeli’s Life
Author Gilad Grossman (centre) with his mother and brothers Amit (left) and Ari (right), in Gesher Haziv kibbutz. /Courtesy of Gilad Grossman herzliya, israel—Here I sit, in the heat and …
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The Names of Our Lives
Will the real Paul Martin please stand up
Read MoreMidnight in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin in his home, Novo-Ogaryovo. / Photograph by Dmitry Lekay/Kommersant moscow—When he’s in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin lives in a forested compound complete with stables and …
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Time Machine
“This photograph is telling the story of constructing the new Museum of Modern Art in New York. All the phases are there, but not visible in the way we’re used …
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Who Controls Canada’s Arctic?
Spies, submarines, and foreign ships may signal
that our claim to the North is melting
Inside a Different Kabul
Seven portraits from post-Taliban Afghanistan
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