America the Beautiful
Reflections on the decay of the US mystique
Read MoreDecember 2006/January 2007
Bruce Mau asks why everyone is so pessimistic when the world is getting better and better; Andrew Mitrovica investigates media complicity in the imprisonment of Maher Arar; Daniel Sanger expounds on the simple pleasure of pickup hockey; Peter Menzel photographs the weekly food intake of families from around the world . . .
Come On Down!
A Winnipeg boy waits for the payoff on The Price is Right
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Stars Above Africa
Celebrities have thrown their arms around Africa. Has the continent benefited from this awkward embrace?
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Shock Jock (Part II)
Part I of this play appears in the December/January issue of The Walrus #1: Great! #2: That’s fantastic! #3: Super! ED: Wow, uh… LEW: No Speckle Lake. ED: Uh, okay. …
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Solidarity of the Shaken
Wajdi Mouawad’s theatre of war
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5, 6, Pickup Sticks
Hockey at its best is a cool, clear night, an outdoor rink, and a gaggle of strangers.
Read MoreImagining the Future
Why the cynics are wrong
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Everybody Comes to Kim’s
The bomb may be straining relations on the Korean peninsula, but at least these diners will always have Beijing
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Sea-Crossed Lovers
The story of a mixed Turkish-Greek romance builds a bridge across the Aegean
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Mood Swing
In Montreal, as rain pelted downtown streets and pedestrians huddled under umbrellas, the morning of October 1, 2006, unfolded with a certain restlessness. At the finer hotels — the Ritz-Carlton, …
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