Docs in the House
Why documentary film is finally burning up the big screen
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…
Royal Cock-up
Charles and Camilla are choosing personal gratification over the survival of a 1,000-year-old monarchy
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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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Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Little Guys
A father ponders the moral architecture of children on a trip to Sherwood Forest
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
Read More The Very Big Sleep
The Goliath Casket company is keeping pace with an expanding funeral business
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