A Very Palpable Hit
Deconstructionists get down on gun deaths
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The Very Big Sleep
The Goliath Casket company is keeping pace with an expanding funeral business
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‘Til Decree Do Us Part
The Catholic Church holds traditional marriage sacred, but it’s handing out annulments by the thousands
Read MorePeace and Order vs. Glorious and Free
As we moved from T-shirts to down parkas and back to T-shirts again during this winter of climate change—one day semi-tropical; the next, polar and full of revenge—political speeches served …
Read MoreThe Real Easy
Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter is full of pubs and Mardi Gras shops, but authenticity in this tourist district is elusive. / Photo by Richard Cummins / LPI …
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Masked Avenger
Meet “John Holloway,” former clown, trucker, drug addict, high-paid crime fighter,
serious adrenalin junkie, and—for now—retired undercover agent
Missing Marshall McLuhan
toronto—A trumpeter stands beside a bus shelter belting out jazz riffs, while out on the street a man on stilts galumphs past as a juggler tosses fire. On this warm …
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Talking Through Divorce
boston—Copley Square is a study in contrasts. At the south end sits the stately Boston Public Library, founded in 1848 and built “for the people and dedicated to the advancement …
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A Very Civil War
Prime Minister Paul Martin is trying to articulate a vision that will knit Canadians together and push the Liberals to majority status in the next election
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Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, where author Wayne Johnston is a “distinguished professor of creative writing.” / Image courtesy of Hollins University roanoke, virginia—I was recently offered and accepted a …
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