March 2008
"I grant myself the quickest of shoulder checks and see the most fantastical thing: she, too, has tripped and is turning over onto her shoulder--the rotund belly, the blunt feet going up and over in the air. I will be crushed by a rolling elephant."
--Brian Payton, in "Fat of the Land"
Technology
The Big Log Off
by Georgie Binks
On CBC's The Point this week, Georgie Binks asks, "Where do computer files go when you die?"
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Politics
Politics as Unusual:
A Legend is Born
by Barry Campbell
Barry Campbell runs for office, knocks on doors
Letters
March 2008
by The Walrus Readers
On the Holocaust
I agree with what Rabbi Emil Fackenheim told young Rick (
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Borneo’s Flora, Fauna, Fat
by Barry Calhoun / Redux Pictures
Borneo’s imperilled forests and wildlife: an online gallery. » View Photo Gallery «
Art
Canadian Celebrities, Caricatured
by Charles Checketts
It’s not libel, it’s fun!. » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
Separation Anxiety
by Tyler Stiem
Caring for civil war survivors in Somaliland’s only mental hospital
Environment
Nuclear Reaction
by Kate Harries
Accusations of cancerous fallout divide a small Ontario town
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Gallery: Cuba in Waiting
by Jennifer Osborne
Snapshots from a country yearning for change . » View Photo Gallery «
Sporting Life
Facemasking
by David N. Meyer
How the National Football League hides the violence and racial conflict of the game
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Campaign Memorabilia
by Barry and Matt Campbell
Scrapbook souvenirs from Barry Campbell’s political life
Field Notes
Digging for Paradise
by Yigal Schleifer
The world’s oldest temple offers a glimpse of the Garden of Eden
