Slippery Slopes
It was a tough winter for farmers in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Heavy snowfall combined with frigid temperatures forced many to move their cattle inside. Then, unexpectedly, a deep and sudden …
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A Dandy for Our Times
Jean Cocteau dined, fought, or collaborated with anyone who was anyone in avant-garde Paris. But his own art was ignored, dismissed as the work of a frivolous queen. A new retrospective hopes to change that
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The Book of Bob
It’s been said my grandfather helped build modern-day Korea. He left a subtler kind of legacy for me
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Houshang’s Promise
He was kidnapped and tortured, his multi-million-dollar business was destroyed, and his family threatened. Now, as a Canadian citizen, Houshang Bouzari is going after the government of Iran through the civil court system
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The Ultimate High Ground
The U.S. is weaponizing space. Canada is firmly opposed … but not necessarily
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Online fantasy games have booming economies and citizens who love their political systems. Are these virtual worlds the best place to study the real one?
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The Millefeuille Industrial Complex
A revolution in the art of confectionery is uniting chefs and architects in a search for the perfect piece of cake
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Unrepentant
A profile of screenwriter Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)
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The Ends of History
Histories of the entire universe, and of its minuscule parts—potatoes, coal, corsets—have captured our imagination. But what do they tell us about our past?
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Continental Divide
Can we sympathize with America’s post-9/11 position without getting tangled in the country’s paranoid militarism?
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