Desperately Seeking Ideas
Politics has been reduced to a guessing game about what voters want. Here’s a thought: how about an election fought on real issues
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To Catch a Fish
The perfect escape is just a gasoline slick away for the dedicated urban angler
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Striking Back at the Empire
How comedians throughout history have raged against the machine
Read MoreThe Wealth of Shamans
Ghosta, a shaman in rural Mongolia, sitting in his ortz (left). Byambadorj, Ghosta’s more successful urban counterpart, in his ger (right). / Photos by Allan Coukell hovsgol province/ulaan baatar—On a …
Read MoreWho Ya Gonna Call?
Growbusters, Vancouver’s grow-op police squad, regularly take on the green monster in quiet, residential neighbourhoods like this one. / Photo by Greg Meers vancouver—As she strolls through the streets of …
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The Kurdish New Wave
diyarbakir—Every weekday morning, Hekim Aydin hops on board a beat-up moped and rides to Diyarbakir city hall. He spends his days there archiving historical documents, occasionally getting to shoot a …
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The character and history of Mérida in Mexico is enshrined in its limestone walls and walkways. / Photo by Neil Beer/corbis mérida—The best way to see Mérida, the heat-smitten capital …
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Missing Mordecai
The Pope. Prince Rainier. Terri Schiavo. Numerous murders in Toronto the Good. More Iraqis. Satire. Context. Vocabulary. Death, not rebirth, seemed to haunt the news this spring, and it was …
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Lament for Federico García Lorca
In the hour before dawn They put you on their stage In the hour before dawn Near the Fountain of Tears In the hour before dawn Beside a lame schoolteacher …
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Chasing The Crab
In this story, the last he ever wrote, broadcaster, journalist, and author Bill Cameron describes his journey into what he called “Cancerland.”
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