November 2003
"In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine."
-- J. William Fulbright
November 2003
Is the West Rearming Russia?
by Paul Webster
Ottawa and the G-8 might be financing a new nuclear storehouse
More Stories in this issue
Field Notes
Orchestral manoevres in the dark
by Hadani Ditmars
The show goes on in the Iraqi capital
Field Notes
Up in the Mustafa Hotel
kabul — My Afghan driver, friend, and confidant, Aktar Gul, tells me that his nation today is like two pictures
Fiction
Choynski
by David Bezmozgis
The young palliative-care doctor, a nice Jewish guy in glasses, prodded around my grandmother’s stomach and
Language
Lingua Franchise
by Charles Foran
Mat saleh calling it English killer language. Wah. For chiak kantang, salary-men it a bit the different, lah?
Feature
The Genius Django
by Deborah Kirshner
Fifty years after Django Reinhardt’s death, his music keeps him alive in Samois-sur-Seine
Detail
Small Worlds
by Saira Wasim
Pakistani artist Saira Wasim tackles the big picture in her tiny paintings
You Are Here
A brief history of search engines
by Jeet Heer
“Is Google God?” the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman asked recently. Like most of us, Friedman is impressed with the
