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April 2006
"Time is the substance from which I am made." --Jorge Luis Borges, "A New Refutation of Time."
April 2006
Caught in Time’s Current
by Christopher Dewdney
Our human quarrel with the clock…[more]drawings by Serse
Food
Night of the Hissing Cockroaches
by Daniel Wood
Poached earthworms, beer-battered goat testicles, tempura tarantulas: for Explorers Club members, it’s dinner…[more]
Health
The Cost of Care
by Alastair Brown
Unable to meet rising costs, the rural doctor becomes a vanishing breed …[more]
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Educational Resources
Poetic Rule
by The Walrus Staff
Content
- According to Trudeau and Pascal why should we “concern ourselves with politics”
- According to Plato,…[more]
Politics
Israel’s Divided Soul
by David Berlin in Tel Aviv
Has the Zionist dream played itself out?…[more]
Sightings
Election After-Math
by Ken Alexander
The chimeric effect of the polls turned us into strategic voters. The question was how should I vote to avoid this or that. …[more]
Books
Dispatches from the Void
by Christian Parenti
Three journalists watch the gears of history work in real time…[more]
Travel
Looking for Jean Rhys
by Ellen Vanstone
An unresolved fascination with the author of Wide Sargasso Sea leads to the remote island of Dominica, and, alas, to oneself…[more]
You Are Here
A History of the Loonie, in Eight Pieces
by Monte Paulsen
The bird is hot. That flaxen-hued coin in your pocket is worth more than it has been since it was created in 1987. Economists predict it will fetch ninety cents or more against the US dollar before the end of the year, thanks to high prices for commoditie…[more]
Foreign Affairs
Might is Wrong
by Veronica Cusack, wallpaper by Rinzen
Will Canadians make soft power work in Afghanistan? …[more]
Poetry
And Flickering Tethers You to Me
by Yerra Sugarman
this flame remembering candles your bones So many windows splitting aloneness make the skyline a…[more]
Detail
Dreams from Exile
by Shirin Neshat
New York-based Iranian artist Shirin Neshat descends into madness…[more]
Imaginings
Insurance Insurance
by Andrew Braithwaite
I went to see my auto insurance agent Steve a couple of weeks ago. “Sir, as your accredited automobile insurance agent, my primary…[more]
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