Care and Feeding of the Amish
They had snuck from their tents this fine morning, before the spring dew dried on the grass, and come back with their prize
Read MoreJuly/August 2014
Summer Reading: fresh takes on old crimes by Mark Callanan, Jessica Grant, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Stephen Marche, and Alexandra Oliver; assessing risk in the aftermath of Lac-Mégantic; John Lorinc investigates police shootings of people with mental illnesses; Noah Richler studies a fisherman from Digby accused of smuggling cocaine into Spain…
Viral Agent
A forgotten weapon for the post-antibiotic era
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The Trials of Philip Halliday
Did an out-of-work fisherman from Digby knowingly smuggle one and a half tons of cocaine into Spain?
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Watching the Cop Show in Bed
Apparently, it’s very, very bad to let a well-dressed man into your home. An Oxbridge accent, coupled with the claim your husband’s hurt, and he’s from Scotland Yard: disaster! When …
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Ultrasound
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 representing “of no interest to me” and 10 representing “of maximum interest to me,” the rapes in my neighbourhood rated a …
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Stand Down
All too often, the victims of police shootings are people with mental illness. One American city has found a solution
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The Pen and the Sword
Revisiting the culture wars over World War I
Read More X Marks the Spot
Two hundred years later, the treasure hunters of Oak Island are still looking
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