Cities
Calgary: The Events Leading Up To Sir Norman Foster
A British architect, oil barons, an urban vision, and creeping liberalism: what is the future for Cowtown?
Politics
Once Upon a Country
In Stéphane Dion the Liberals have a new narrator and perhaps a hero. All now depends on the story he tells and how the Canadian everyman reacts.
Urban Affairs
Hong Kong Goes King Kong
Economic prosperity fuels a rivalry between Hong Kong and Mainland China
Essay
America the Beautiful
My first memory of America is driving through the Black Hills of South Dakota on a hot August day in a black Chevrolet Corvair without air conditioning...
Books
Who Killed Globalization?
Was it Colonel Bush in the kitchen with a gun? Mr. Nike in the Gym with a blunt instrument? Sir Ralston Saul in his study with a sharp pencil?
Books
Has Childhood Gone awol?
Both picture books and young readers seem to be disappearing as a new target market takes shape
Books
A Manual’s Labours
The self-help sex book, like its first readers, has crossed middle age. With Viagra, both get a little lift
Architecture
The Crystal Method
Iconic architecture à la Daniel Libeskind has produced some extraordinary buildings. But what kinds of cities will it create?
