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2008.04

April 2008

"I was introduced as follows: 'We will hear first from
Barry Campbell, MP for St. Paul's, who will get us off.'"
-- Barry Campbell, in Darkness Visible."

Failure to Fail

Failure to Fail

Why are students no longer flunking university? Is it their brains, or their wallets?
Education | by Jay Teitel
Michael Pollan: Q&A

Michael Pollan: Q&A

The Walrus’s book blogger Jared Bland talks with the author of the bestselling In Defense of Food.
Online Exclusive | by Jared Bland

Opera

Opera

Fiction | by Janice Galloway

The Greens Forest

The Greens Forest

Vancouver Island’s slow food rebirth
Field Notes | by Murray Whyte

Riel’s Prophecy

Riel’s Prophecy

The new confidence of Aboriginal theatre
Theatre | by Susan Crean

How The North Was Won

How The North Was Won

The western rides its comeback into Canada
Film | by Alistair Brown

More Recipes from Vancouver Island

More Recipes from Vancouver Island

Exclusive recipes from three Vancouver chefs
Online Exclusive | by Edward Tuson, Sinclair Philip and Mara Jernigan

Spiritual Exercises

Spiritual Exercises

Religion remains a powerful force, according to Charles Taylor
Books | by Daniel Baird

In Black Focus

In Black Focus

The crisis in Canada’s classrooms
Sightings | by Ken Alexander

Shopping for a Marriage

Shopping for a Marriage

First place entry in the 2007 Student Field Notes Contest
Online Exclusive | by Andrea Gummo

Book Review: Blackouts

Book Review: Blackouts

Walrus Reads | by Jared Bland

Life Going On

Life Going On

Second place entry in the 2007 Student Field Notes Contest
Online Exclusive | by Emilie Cameron

Death on the Installation Plan

Death on the Installation Plan

“We’ll consider your contract fulfilled in the event of your death.”
Imaginings | by Jeremy Keehn

Salt Spring Island Lamb

Salt Spring Island Lamb

Third place entry in the 2007 Student Field Notes Contest
Online Exclusive | by Barbara Stewart

Book Review: Orphic Politics

Book Review: Orphic Politics

Walrus Reads | by Priscilla Uppal

Close to the Noise

Close to the Noise

Motorcycle nostalgists in China
Field Notes | by Mara Hvistendahl

Kultur, Jammed

Kultur, Jammed

Paraguay’s holdout German colony
Field Notes | by Graeme Wood

The Caribou Hunter

The Caribou Hunter

A city girl learns how it feels to pull the trigger
Nature | by Christine Pountney

Unsafe Practices

Unsafe Practices

Can the Masai reconcile tradition with the realities of HIV?
Health | by Alanna Mitchell

Blue Jeans: A Style for Every Story

Blue Jeans: A Style for Every Story

The details behind the denim, from ninety years ago to now
You Are Here | by Claire Hastings

Latrine Graffiti, Kuwait and Afghanistan

Latrine Graffiti, Kuwait and Afghanistan

American soldiers’ restroom graffiti in Afghanistan and Kuwait
Online Exclusive | by Steve Featherstone

Itfar at Damascus Gate

Itfar at Damascus Gate

Digging in for a Ramadan feast
Field Notes | by Marcello Di Cintio

Book Review: The Toss of a Lemon

Book Review: The Toss of a Lemon

Walrus Reads | by Daniel Baird

Politics as Unusual: Darkness Visible

Politics as Unusual: Darkness Visible

The continuing saga of Barry Campbell, MP
Politics | by Barry Campbell

Book Review: Nikolski

Book Review: Nikolski

Walrus Reads | by Marianne Ackerman

War Child: Q&A

War Child: Q&A

An interview with Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada
Online Exclusive | by Daniel Aldana Cohen

Too Few Hilliers

Too Few Hilliers

The general goes where Ottawa mandarins fear to tread
National Affairs | by Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang

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