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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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
Read MoreFrom Sir, With Love
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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Studies Show…
. . . that maybe you should, um, eat more chocolate ?
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The Brain Trainer
How to focus, focus, focus
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Life, at What Price?
Canada does not have universal health care, but it could. The secret might lie in the Oregon experiment, a radical and life-promoting solution
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North America is lucky. As two polities tied to Britain, one war-like and fit to be tied, the other much less so, the continent was settled after the notion of …
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Answers to Common Questions about Sex and Ageing
It’s later than you think
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Only Too Happy to Oblige
Sucking up: a brief history
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