Ignatieff’s Challenge
Paul Martin once had a vision for Canada’s role in the world. Does he still?
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…
Confusing, 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?
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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Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Little Guys
A father ponders the moral architecture of children on a trip to Sherwood Forest
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The Forest’s Edge
As a youth, the trees sustained me. I wonder now, have they been betrayed ?
Read MoreRoyal Cock-up
Charles and Camilla are choosing personal gratification over the survival of a 1,000-year-old monarchy
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The Life Quixotic
Cervantes’ man of la Mancha rides again
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Docs in the House
Why documentary film is finally burning up the big screen
Read More The Very Big Sleep
The Goliath Casket company is keeping pace with an expanding funeral business
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