Modernism 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 …
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…
Vintage Technology
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, …
Read MoreA Very Palpable Hit
Deconstructionists get down on gun deaths
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The Birdwatcher
Yossi Leshem saves lives by keeping his eye on the birds
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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?
Confusing, Vexing, And Beautiful
David Byrne turns the deadly sins on their head to say something new about the world
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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 …
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The Life Quixotic
Cervantes’ man of la Mancha rides again
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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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The Very Big Sleep
The Goliath Casket company is keeping pace with an expanding funeral business
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