October 2006
Marci McDonald explores Stephen Harper’s connections to the religious right; Andrew Clark mourns tennis’s lost art of rushing the net; Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan provide an exclusive look at the shocking intensity of the US bombing campaign in Cambodia; fiction by Peter Behrens…
Welcome to Cairo! Where Is Your Wife?
In Egypt, most displays of man-on-man affection aren’t what you might think
Read MoreLife during Wartime
Even here on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, surrounded by wealth, beaches, and footloose summer fun, there is sadness, anger, and resignation. Lee Shorey — a fifty-two-year-old high-school teacher and mother of …
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from Sinistrae/fragments
Bending Catullus drew the scent of the tomato plant towards us the strain of memory friendships serial exploits suspended his quiet breathless concern slid his left hand into the waisband …
Read MoreGuerilla Frogger
An independent scientist sticks his tongue out at Costa Rican conservation efforts
Read MoreBombs Over Cambodia
New information reveals that Cambodia was bombed far more heavily than previously believed
Read MoreThe Animals We Love, The Animals We Eat
Pets are family, but chickens are food products? A Quebec vet examines our two-faced relationship with animals
Read MoreThe Smell of Smoke
Photograph by Adam Harrison Green remembers the quality of sunlight on the afternoon he last saw Maggie, August 23, 1968, beside his parents’ swimming pool. It was late in the …
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