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May 2008

Hal Niedzviecki laments our surveillance society; Jan Dutkiewicz and Jeremy Keehn visit mixed martial arts competitions; Carlos Cazalis depicts life in the favelas of Brazil’s São Paulo; Ann Silversides reveals the commercialization of scientific research in Canada; part three of former MP Barry Campbell’s memoir on life as a politician…

Books / May 2008

Femmes Fatales

May 12, 2008August 28, 2017 - by Marianne Ackerman

For a new generation of Quebec writers, sex is about everything but pleasure

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Arts & Culture / May 2008

The Earthship Has Landed

May 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Chris Turner

Michael Reynolds’ quest for sustainable structures

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Photograph by Cecilia Berkovic
May 2008 / Memoir

Sanity Found

May 12, 2008April 15, 2020 - by Barry Campbell

The rapture and regret of leaving Ottawa: part three of Politics as Unusual a memoir

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Feature / May 2008

Grounds to Pound

May 12, 2008April 15, 2020 - by Jan Dutkiewicz

Mixed martial arts fights for legitimacy

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May 2008 / Music

Minor Keys

May 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Moira Farr

What makes sad music sad?

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May 2008 / Media

In the Tank

May 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by George Fetherling

How think tanks are muddling our democracy

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Feature / May 2008

Merchant Scientists

May 12, 2008April 15, 2020 - by Ann Silversides

How commercialization is changing research in Canada

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May 2008 / World

All in the Famiglia

May 12, 2008June 29, 2017 - by Bruce Livesey

Cracking omertà in Calabria

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May 2008 / Photography

It’s Hard to Be a Saint in São Paulo

May 12, 2008October 11, 2019 - by Carlos Cazalis

Stories and scenes from Brazil’s largest city

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May 2008 / Society

A Proper Schooling

May 12, 2008June 29, 2017 - by Larry Krotz

Canada’s shame through a foreign lens

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