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2005.04

April 2005

"We are whores for power and oil, with hate and fear in our hearts."
- Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)

Shifting Sands

Shifting Sands

Canada has plenty of oil, while China and the US are thirsty and desperate
Business | by Don Gillmor
Cities in a Raw Young Century

Cities in a Raw Young Century

Bombay, Tehran, and Prague, in all their madness and excess, refuse to conform to Western notions of the modern city
Books | by Randy Boyagoda

Wireless

Wireless

Fiction | by Lynn Coady

Al Rashad

Al Rashad

Inside Baghdad’s largest psychiatric hospital, during an insane war
Dispatches | by Rita Leistner

Superior Fox

Superior Fox

Detail | by Karen Knorr

Wall-to-wall Politics

Wall-to-wall Politics

Field Notes | by David Sax

Medical Mystery

Medical Mystery

Field Notes | by Larry Krotz

Another Hypnotic Prairie Night

Another Hypnotic Prairie Night

Field Notes | by Patricia Robertson

‘Til Decree Do Us Part

‘Til Decree Do Us Part

The Catholic Church holds traditional marriage sacred, but it’s handing out annulments by the thousands
Religion | by Joan Bryden

The Real Easy

The Real Easy

Field Notes | by Brent Preston

Danger Signs

Danger Signs

Was the sea trying to warn them a killer wave was on the way?
Nature | by Larry Frolick

POETSMART™

POETSMART™

Imaginings | by Susan Holbrook

Peace and Order vs. Glorious and Free

Peace and Order vs. Glorious and Free

Sightings | by Ken Alexander

Marathon Man

Marathon Man

At age 74, Ed Whitlock is one of the fastest men on earth
Sporting Life | by Lawrence Hill

The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

Zimbabwe’s greatest living musician in a minor key
Music | by Banning Eyre

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