Chasing The Crab
In this story, the last he ever wrote, broadcaster, journalist, and author Bill Cameron describes his journey into what he called “Cancerland.”
Read MoreMay 2005
Bill Cameron describes his life with terminal cancer; David Berlin speaks to Israeli settlers ordered to withdraw from their settlement on the Gaza Strip; Rick Salutin ponders the “good guys” and “bad guys” of his son’s moral world; Robert Mason Lee charts the descent of the British monarchy from its formerly sacrosanct status…
In Memory Of
It always takes long to come to what you have to say, you have to sweep this stretch of land up around your feet and point to the signs, pleat …
Read MoreModernism Matters
Modernist architecture on the Otonabee River near Peterborough, Ontario: the Bata Library building at Trent University. / Photo by Rob Stimpson peterborough—On the Faryon Bridge, a swooping concrete parabola across …
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A Picture By Brueghel: Landscape With Icarus Falling
Brueghel was right— everyone sees nothing at least once in the life of a tragedy. To the left, in the painting, a tenant farmer walks behind a horse— four centuries …
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The Forest’s Edge
As a youth, the trees sustained me. I wonder now, have they been betrayed ?
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13 Reasons for List Lust
Remember: it’s quantification, not quality, that counts
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The Life Quixotic
Cervantes’ man of la Mancha rides again
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Sushi Then and Now
Sure, nowadays you’ll find sushi beside the cash register at your local gas station, but it has taken a long time for North Americans to accept raw fish as a …
Read MoreConfusing, Vexing, And Beautiful
David Byrne turns the deadly sins on their head to say something new about the world
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Israel on the Brink
As the deadline looms for settlers to leave the settlement of Gush Katif,
will Sharon’s Disengagement Plan divide the country against itself?