Saturday, September 6, 2008
September 2005
"In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular."
- Laurence J. Peter, author of The Peter Principle (1969)
September 2005
Foreign Billionaires Bring English Football to World, Agony & Ecstasy to Fans
by Timothy Taylor
If this keeps on, we’ll end up with the ground full of football tourists…[more]
Politics
The Rising Fall of the American Empire
by James Laxer
Republican imperialism has left the US divided. Can a United Nations initiative save America from itself?…[more]
Politics
Revenge of the Small
by Paul Adams
After a lifetime of two-party rule in Ottawa, the little guys are finally winning.…[more]
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Culture
Why Psychoanalysis Matters
by Wendy Dennis
It has taken a back seat to pop psychology, pills, and other therapies in recent years. But now, thanks to Tony Soprano (and new neuroscientific research), the “talking cure” is sexy again.…[more]
Foreign Affairs
Poppy Fields Forever?
by Sean Maloney
Booming opium production in Afghanistan is the latest—and potentially greatest—threat to the beleaguered country’s steps toward democracy.…[more]
Life
Sleeping with the Movies
by Marni Jackson
From first dates to film fests, cinema remains a most intimate experience.…[more]
Film
How I Fell for Film
by Alastair Brown
Godard, Bresson, Kurosawa—it doesn’t get any better than that.…[more]
Music
Jew Funk
by David Coodin with files from Sharon Drache
Josh Dolgin, a.k.a. Socalled, is Montreal’s leading mixer of klezmer and hip hop.…[more]
Style
Down with Perfume
by Tim McKeough
New York perfumer Christopher Brosius wants you to smell like you.…[more]
Sightings
What Lies Beneath
by Ken Alexander
T he summer began with fireworks celebrating national birthdays in Canada and the United States, Sir Bob Geldof …[more]
Imaginings
Killer Ridge
by Donna Morrissey
At the best of times, Newfoundlanders are seasonally impaired. We know climate change—every two hours or…[more]
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