2007.09

September 2007

"I do not weep at the world--I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife."
- Zora Neale Hurston

Apocalypse Soon

Apocalypse Soon

The future of reading
Paradise Lost
In the summer of 2006, a Montreal family went home to Lebanon. They found love, affection, and the horrors of war. Most never returned
Mont Royal
Letters
Charter Flight; Flashback; A Little Bit Country; Boom Boom Saskatoon; and Home Truths
Creative Destruction
The bright side of roadwork
Rebel Spell
Life after marriage to one of Africa’s most wanted men
War Stories
Rita Leistner’s “portraitscapes” of Lebanon, 2006. NMA nominee: Photojournalism & Photo Essay
Dark Places (Excerpt)
Chapter One from the author’s debut novel of the same name
Magic Kingdom or Glass House?
The inside story of massive wealth, hope for a Middle East in flux, and a dream that could be shattered by one terrorist bombing... Dubai, a city that never sleeps
Telling All
The phenomenon of the male public apology hides the truth about men, shame, and silence
Spain’s New Muslims
Converts have become the agreeable face of Spanish Islam
Moving for Mitt
Utah’s dance craze
Dog Days and Fall Fun
Breaking D-Wave
Has a small business in British Columbia start-up built the world’s first viable quantum computer? NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment
Live from New York
The US Open and the meaning of life
Invisible Armies (Excerpt)
Chapters One and Two from the author’s forthcoming novel of the same name
On Strawberry Hill
The hippie exodus to Canada from the United States was not a mass migration, but it was close. Is it time to rethink this period, then and now?
The Hidden Mickey Mouse
Mickey’s secret diaries. NMA nominee: Humour
No Place for a Honeymoon
Midsummer in the Georgian mountains
Canada & its place in the world. Published by
the non-profit charitable Walrus Foundation
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