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2005.07

July/August 2005

"I'm wanted at the traffic jam. They're saving me a seat."
--Leonard Cohen

Catechism

Catechism

Why did he come to the city? He was not yet ready to return to the one
Fiction | by Wayne Johnston
The Dictator Debt Catch

The Dictator Debt Catch

A US-brokered deal to forgive billions in Iraqi debt is causing other countries to say “me too,” even as some Iraqis wish they’d said “no thanks.”
Politics | by Paul Webster

Green Party Blues

Green Party Blues

Can Jim Harris rescue the environment by mainstreaming the Greens?
Politics | by Murray Dobbin

Torrential Reign

Torrential Reign

A mega file-sharing protocol called BitTorrent is making the music piracy of yesteryear look like petty theft.
Technology | by Matthew McKinnon

A Civilizing Influence

A Civilizing Influence

Tariq Ali’s Islam Quintet paints a softer face on the historical interactions between Muslims and the West
Books | by Charles Foran

Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

Turkey’s most famous writer evokes his country’s schizophrenic past and its struggle with Islam’s place in day-to-day life.
Books | by Randy Boyagoda

Arsenal Of Illusion

Arsenal Of Illusion

Hollywood know-how is helping to create new kinds of military weapons that target the brain—but not with a bullet.
Culture | by Jake MacDonald

The Twentieth Time

The Twentieth Time

Poetry | by Sheldon Zitner

Diamonds And Soot

Diamonds And Soot

Parallel Universe | by Douglas Coupland

The New Word Order

The New Word Order

Field Notes | by Charles Foran

Franklin’s Library

Franklin’s Library

Fiction | by Helen Humphreys

Moving Back To Chernobyl

Moving Back To Chernobyl

Field Notes | by Larry Frolick

Pericles

Pericles

Fiction | by Yiorgos Skardonis, translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich

My Living Media Will

My Living Media Will

Imaginings | by Marni Jackson

The Punk Who Would Be King

The Punk Who Would Be King

Field Notes | by Hal Niedziecki

My Tennis Game

My Tennis Game

Sporting Life | by Don Gillmor

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