March 2012
Stephen Marche writes a citizen’s guide to the War of 1812; Richard Poplak argues why soccer should be our national sport; Sasha Chapman asks whether a Canadian super-foodie can save American cuisine; Jen Gerson profiles Danielle Smith, Alberta’s bluest Tory; Maryam Sanati questions Gen Y’s use and abuse of Internet self-promotion…
A Matter of Taste
Mitchell Davis, vice-president of the James Beard Foundation, believes you can’t develop a national cuisine until you create a public conversation about food
Read MoreRock of Aging
Notorious punk filmmaker Bruce McDonald grows up—and old—in his candid mockumentary sequel, Hard Core Logo II
Read MoreThe Peter Principle
This appeared in the March 2012 issue.
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Bee in Aster
I saw the crisped, curled, and sere beech leaf float from ninety feet above on a serene long voyage across the air and come to the fountain’s sheer falling wall …
Read More Baffled in Ashdod, Blind in Gaza
E.A.: former Israeli Defence Forces soldier who, in August 2010, posted photos of herself smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners. She labelled her Facebook album “The army… best time …
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Different Sides
We find ourselves on different sides Of a line that nobody drew Though it all may be one in the higher eye Down here where we live it is two …
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That Time We Beat the Americans
A misunderstood moment, now 200 years old, defines us as Canadians. A citizens’ guide to the War of 1812
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Seeing Red
No other sport reveals a country’s soul as well as soccer does (yeah, we said it, Don Cherry). So what does our neglect of the beautiful game say about us? A patriot explains why it should be Canada’s national sport
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When the World Was Watching
As the Mandela era is overtaken by African politics as usual, a Canadian diplomat shares his personal account of the end of apartheid
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