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April 2006

David Berlin examines the uncertain future of religious Zionism in Israel; Veronica Cusack questions the role of Canadian “soft power” in Afghanistan; Christopher Dewdney explores our relationship with time; Ellen Vanstone travels to the island of Dominica in search of the author Jean Rhys…

April 2006 / Society

Repent and Click No More

April 12, 2006October 6, 2018 - by Mary Ambrose

United States

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April 2006 / World

The Right Side of the Road

April 12, 2006July 11, 2017 - by Denis Seguin

Rwanda

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April 2006 / Society

Mush Rush

April 12, 2006July 11, 2017 - by Lawrence Millman

Canada

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April 2006 / Politics

Election After-Math

April 12, 2006July 16, 2019 - by Ken Alexander

The chimeric effect of the polls turned us into strategic voters. The question was how should I vote to avoid this or that.

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April 2006 / World

Les vrais faux guides

April 12, 2006October 6, 2018 - by Tim McKeague

Morocco

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April 2006 / Health

The Cost of Care

April 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Alastair Brown

Unable to meet rising costs, the rural doctor becomes a vanishing breed

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April 2006 / Society

A History of the Loonie, in Eight Pieces

April 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Monte Paulsen

The bird is hot. That flaxen-hued coin in your pocket is worth more than it has been since it was created in 1987. Economists predict it will fetch ninety cents or more against the US dollar before the end of the year, thanks to high prices for commoditie

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April 2006 / Poetry

And Flickering Tethers You to Me

April 12, 2006July 11, 2017 - by Yerra Sugarman

this flame remembering candles your bones So many windows splitting aloneness make the skyline a colander strain night and day into ruins Do you see what breaks in my rooms …

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April 2006 / Books

Dispatches from the Void

April 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Christian Parenti

Three journalists watch the gears of history work in real time

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April 2006 / First Person

Insurance Insurance

April 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Andrew Braithwaite

Illustration by Christopher Hutsul I went to see my auto insurance agent Steve a couple of weeks ago. “Sir, as your accredited automobile insurance agent, my primary objective is to …

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