Noble Ambition
Paul Martin’s former chief of staff comes out swinging: It’s the economy, stupid, and my boss knew it
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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 . . .
Stars Above Africa
Celebrities have thrown their arms around Africa. Has the continent benefited from this awkward embrace?
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Why the Heart of the Hockey Still Belongs to the Outdoor Rink
No boards, no refs—just the game at its best
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Solidarity of the Shaken
Wajdi Mouawad’s theatre of war
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Our Weekly Bread
Around the world in many meals
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A Society of Seers
Can Thomas Homer-Dixon’s “prospective mind” help us thrive after global crises?
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The Virtue in Vice
Is abstinence as deadly a sin as excess?
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Song for Herzog and the Dancing Chicken
Here is a man who would train chickens to dance for dinner in a penny arcade. Not three but a full fifteen seconds. Repeat and reloop. Peck that piano. Scratch …
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