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May 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…

Cities / May 2005

Modernism Matters

May 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Alex Bozikovic

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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May 2005 / Technology

Vintage Technology

May 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Ruthie Wahl

napa valley—Last season’s sleeper hit Sideways is about the comic antics of two friends who travel from LA to Santa Barbara County for a weekend of wine tasting, sniffing, feeling, …

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May 2005 / Society

A Very Palpable Hit

May 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

Deconstructionists get down on gun deaths

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Environment / May 2005

The Birdwatcher

May 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Sarah Fulford

Yossi Leshem saves lives by keeping his eye on the birds

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Feature / May 2005

Israel on the Brink

May 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by David Berlin

As the deadline looms for settlers to leave the settlement of Gush Katif,
will Sharon’s Disengagement Plan divide the country against itself?

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Books / May 2005

Confusing, Vexing, And Beautiful

May 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by David Byrne

David Byrne turns the deadly sins on their head to say something new about the world

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Arts & Culture / May 2005

Sushi Then and Now

May 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by Chad Hershler

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 …

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Books / May 2005

The Life Quixotic

May 12, 2005May 26, 2020 - by Charles Foran

Cervantes’ man of la Mancha rides again

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Feature / May 2005

The Forest’s Edge

May 12, 2005June 15, 2020 - by Patrick Lane

As a youth, the trees sustained me. I wonder now, have they been betrayed ?

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May 2005 / Society

The Very Big Sleep

May 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Bill Cameron

The Goliath Casket company is keeping pace with an expanding funeral business

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