Insurance Insurance
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 make you feel secure. …
Read MoreApril 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…
Dispatches from the Void
Three journalists watch the gears of history work in real time
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And Flickering Tethers You to Me
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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A History of the Loonie, in Eight Pieces
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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The Cost of Care
Unable to meet rising costs, the rural doctor becomes a vanishing breed
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Might is Wrong
Will Canadians make soft power work in Afghanistan?
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Caught in Time’s Current
Our human quarrel with the clock
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Poetic Rule
Liberty is a work of art
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