Marathon Man
At age 74, Ed Whitlock is one of the fastest men on earth
Read MoreApril 2005
Don Gillmor considers the implications of Alberta’s considerable oil reserves in a climate of increasing scarcity; Rita Leistner visits and photographs Baghdad’s largest psychiatric hospital; Larry Frolick tells the story of a disastrous tidal wave reaching a small Thai village; fiction by Lynn Coady…
Peace and Order vs. Glorious and Free
As we moved from T-shirts to down parkas and back to T-shirts again during this winter of climate change—one day semi-tropical; the next, polar and full of revenge—political speeches served …
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POETSMART™
Just like people, poets can develop unhealthy, adverse, and sometimes dangerous habits. Poets are cute but, let’s face it, they can disrupt a household. Like children, they need guidance and …
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Shifting Sands
Canada has plenty of oil, while China and the US are thirsty and desperate
Read MoreWall-to-wall Politics
Graffiti in Buenos Aires is a political act and, for some, a profession. Artist Sergio “Nene” Majon stands beside one of his wall tags. / Photo by David Sax Buenos …
Read MoreThe Real Easy
Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter is full of pubs and Mardi Gras shops, but authenticity in this tourist district is elusive. / Photo by Richard Cummins / LPI …
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The Lion in Winter
Zimbabwe’s greatest living musician in a minor key
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Apocalypse
If it walks like apocalypse. If it squawks like armageddon. If it stalks the earth like anaphylactic parturition. If the halo jams like septicemic laurels, if species recuse recuse if …
Read MoreAnother Hypnotic Prairie Night
Alberta-based hypnotist Wayne Morris makes his living going from small town to small town across Canada, feeding what he calls his “need for attention.” WAKAW—It has been a dull, dark …
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