April/May 2004

"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any - after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?"
--Philip Larkin

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Continental Divide

Can we sympathize with America’s post-9/11 position without getting tangled in the country’s paranoid militarism?

Politics · by Michael Adams

What We Are Capable Of

Fiction · by Frances Itani

April/May 2004

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The New World, Anew

Colin McAdams’s tale bring Can Lit out of the dark

Books · by Noah Richler

Mapping the Blues

Looking for the dark, hidden pathways of depression.

Science · by Mark Witten

Idiom-proof

Why can’t the Canadian dialect match others for sparkle?

Language · by Charles Foran

The Night Watch

Poetry · by Jane Urquhart for Mieke Bevelander

For Want of a Comma

Exploring the two sides of a punctuation debate

Sightings · by Paul Wilson

Being Yasir Arafat

Speculating on Arafat’s bloated condition

Field Notes · by Danny Rubinstein

The End of the Line

After waves from the Middle East, most refugees are now coming from far more troubled African countries

Field Notes · by Jeannie Marshall

Falling to Pieces

Why are so many people suddenly watching live chess?

Film · by Michael Betcherman

Rough Trade

How Canada’s diamond bonanza is turning a secretive industry inside out

Society · by Andrea Mandel-Campbell

A Concise Guide to Birdwatching

What to know before you go

Sporting Life · by Barabara Nichol

Shop Till You Transcend

At the annual Dubai festival, consumption is the main event

Field Notes · by Carrey Toane

Vietnam’s Killer Elephants

It’s not often that they conspire to strike

Field Notes · by Jim Christy

April/May 2004

"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any - after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?" --Philip Larkin

Continental Divide

"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any - after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?"
--Philip Larkin