November 2005

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away
if your car could go straight upwards."
- Sir Fred Hoyle, British astrophysicist (1915-2001)

November 2005

Artful Crimes

by Joshua Knelman

Curators call it the Lost Museum, a vast fictional place that houses all the artwork ever stolen…[more]

photographs by Thomas Struth

Do the Math

by Siobhan Roberts

Why ‘rithmetic shouldn’t make you cringe…[more]

The Wilderness Within

by Adam Gilders

A feral child and the quest to be human: a Fijian odyssey…[more]

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Suburbia’s Last Stand

by Larry Frolick

Ontario wants to force its car-dependent masses into denser neighbourhoods…[more]

Young Patriotic Fervour

by Carol Off

Young Patriots of the Ivory Coast…[more]

The Second-last Corporate Retreat

by Don Gillmor

Thinking inside the box…[more]

Never on the Rocks

by Bob Ecker

An American oenophile’s guide to curling in Canada…[more]

Ideological Warfare

by Randy Boyagoda

Why the United States needs opinionated loudmouths…[more]

To CBC or Not to CBC

by Ken Alexander

In the debate over whether Canada needs a public broadcaster, on the negative side the familiar arguments are…[more]

A Tribute Paid to Reason

by Chris Tenove

Cross-examining the legacy of the Nuremberg war-crimes tribunals…[more]

Miss You Already

by Merilyn Simonds

Mary Ann didn’t think she would want the casket open. But when the funeral director led her in and she saw…[more]

Behind the Cotton Curtain

by Tabatha Southey

The hazards of cross-cultural bra shopping…[more]

African Adventure

by Simon Njami

Curator Simon Njami on the enigmatic work of white South African artist Jane Alexander…[more]

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