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September 2008

Melinda Wenner considers the debate about whether cellphones cause cancer; Alex Hutchinson argues the need for universal legal care; Christopher Frey studies the evolution of Turkey; Matthew Hays examines the complexities of queer parenthood; Denis Seguin describes life with an Asperger’s child; fiction by Stephen Marche…

Justice / September 2008

Close to the Bone

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Searching for justice in Colombia

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September 2008 / World

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A virtual fantasia of China

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September 2008

Bomb That Brush

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Renegade retirees

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September 2008 / Society

At the Whisky Tasting

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Whisky tasting for the professional

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Arts & Culture / September 2008

The Renaissance of Cute

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How the street brought pleasure back to art — for free

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Politics / September 2008

Shift Happens

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Stéphane Dion is the anti-Reagan

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September 2008

Frontier Families

September 12, 2008April 15, 2020 - by Matthew Hays

The complexities of queer parenthood

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September 2008 / World

Squashing Ducks

September 12, 2008July 4, 2017 - by Cam Sylvester

Globalization gone awry

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Fiction / September 2008

Tom Cruise at Lake Vostok

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It takes a full month to reach Vostok Station by tractor train, beginning on the nightmare coast of Antarctica and ending at shacks that stick out of the snow like …

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Review: What Is America?

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