March 2005
"Art is the highest expression of an interior and unconscious arithmetic"
- G.W. Leibniz
March 2005
Continentalism of a Different Stripe
by Jeremy Rifkin
Are Canadian provinces and the blue states in the U.S. quietly forging a radical new North American Union ? This American says, “Yes.”Illustrations by R.O. Jones
Security
Coalition of the Sort-of Willing Canada Iraq Police
by Martin Patriquin
On a US base in Jordan, Canadian cops are training new Iraqi police officers for an impossible assignment
Business
Open for Business
by Madelaine Drohan
How international corporations are exploiting our nation’s positive image with little more than a postal box
More Stories in this issue
Books
The Bonfire is Out
by Charles Foran
books by tom wolfe discussed in this essay: I Am Charlotte Simmons HarperCollins (2004) 676 pp.,
Meditation
Masked Avenger
by Andrew Mitrovica
Meet “John Holloway,” former clown, trucker, drug addict, high-paid crime fighter, serious adrenalin junkie, and—for now—retired undercover agent.
Poetry
Le Nom De L’Anonyme
by Nathalie Stephens
The sky opens it always does. From here to the lake the freshly born birds fall pink onto the streets from all the standing trees. I open my arms to
Detail
Crazy Life
by Carol Rama
Italian artist Carol Rama, now 86, has been controversial since 1945
Mind Games
Copycat Crimes
by George Emerson
If the music industry can profit from a sneaky, hidden, ridiculous tax, why can’t publishers profit from a tax on paper?
Field Notes
Life of Brian
by Craig Taylor
london—Brian Haw and I spent the night together back in September 2002. I had a sleeping bag, which I unrolled
Imaginings
Catch of the Day
by Leo Furey
Who needs cod? Newfoundlanders troll the seas for treasures of a different kind.
Field Notes
Home Away From Home in DC
by Kyle Stone
washington—When I first moved to Toronto from the United States in the early 1990s, I loved watching local
Meditation
String Theory
by Deborah Kirshner
As a classical violinist I have learned, over many years, that great music performances are more than a matter of physics and technique.
Flash Fiction
Warlords
by Margaret Atwood
To be a warlord—that’s a little boy’s dream everywhere. Point a finger, say Bang, and thousands die.
Field Notes
A Mennonite’s Kill Zone
by David Bergen
winnipeg—We live in Wolseley, a granola-belt neighbourhood. We are surrounded by tree huggers. We’ve got
Field Notes
Water Torture
by Emma Ruby-Sachs
soweto—“Shoot the may-or, the may-or, the may-or! I shot the may-or, the may-or, the may-or!”
Television
All’s Well That Ends
by Jeremy Keehn
As The Newsroom enters its final season (again), Ken Finkleman faces his last temptation: being nice.
Politics
Nanny Abuse
by Susan McClelland
Sometimes when you are driving by a park you’ll catch a glimpse of brown-skinned women weighted with the responsibility of caring for
