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2008.09

September 2008

"The first disappointments had passed: no ghostly centipedes, no strange-eared octopi, no clever adaptations to the lightlessness and the cold - just barren death."
- Stephen Marche, in "Tom Cruise at Lake Vostok"

The Anti-Socialite

The Anti-Socialite

Life with an Asperger’s child
Family | by Denis Seguin
Tom Cruise at Lake Vostok

Tom Cruise at Lake Vostok

Researchers in Antarctica find Hollywood ghosts
Fiction | by Stephen Marche

The Other Darwin

The Other Darwin

The nineteenth-century naturalist gets emotional
Books | by Mark Czarnecki

September 2008

September 2008

On foreign doctors, prime ministerial biographers, militant cyclists, and the fascinating Doukhobors
Letters | by The Walrus Readers

Bomb That Brush

Bomb That Brush

Renegade retirees
Field Notes | by Margo Pfeiff

The World’s Best Car Bombers?

The World’s Best Car Bombers?

An interview with ex-CIA agent Robert Baer about terror, the Iran crisis, and Hezbollah blasts
Online Exclusive | by Christopher Watt

Photo Gallery: Second Place Finishes

Photo Gallery: Second Place Finishes

When losing is still winning. Sort of.
Online Exclusive | by Sandy Nicholson

Review: Revenant

Review: Revenant

The romantic side of Anglesey, and other things not featured in this novel
Book Review | by Paul Isaacs

Review: The Wrecking Crew

Review: The Wrecking Crew

Thomas Frank’s follow-up to What’s the Matter with Kansas
Book Review | by Izida Zorde

Frontier Families

Frontier Families

The complexities of queer parenthood
Society | by Matthew Hays

Do Avatars Dream of Electric Streets?

Do Avatars Dream of Electric Streets?

A virtual fantasia of China
Field Notes | by Mitch Moxley

Q&A: Pasha Malla

Q&A: Pasha Malla

Our books blogger interviews Canadian writer Pasha Malla
Online Exclusive | by The Shelf, Walrus Blogs

I Try to Help

I Try to Help

Some small talk at a Dubai Starbucks and then, unexpectedly, Ihab gets serious
Online Exclusive | by Vezi Tayyeb

At The Whisky Tasting

At The Whisky Tasting

Whisky tasting for the professional
Imaginings | by Pasha Malla

Sink or Swim

Sink or Swim

Pierre Lafontaine’s bid to revive Swimming Canada
Sporting Life | by Katharine Dunn

A Land Apart

A Land Apart

Can Turkey fulfill its promise as a bridge between East and West when its own peoples stand divided?
International Affairs | by Christopher Frey

A Turkish Town, Waiting for Destruction

A Turkish Town, Waiting for Destruction

Images of Hasankeyf, Turkey
Online Exclusive | by Carolyn Drake

The Quiet Art of Cartooning

The Quiet Art of Cartooning

The loneliness of the no-distance cartoonist
Detail | by Seth

Shift Happens

Shift Happens

Stéphane Dion is the anti-Reagan
Sightings | by Ken Alexander

The Renaissance of Cute

The Renaissance of Cute

How the street brought pleasure back to art — for free
Art | by Nick Mount

Review: What Is America?

Review: What Is America?

America’s genocidal history, as discussed in Ronald Wright’s new book
Book Review | by Daniel Baird

Squashing Ducks

Squashing Ducks

Globalization gone awry
Field Notes | by Cam Sylvester

Review: The Killing Circle

Review: The Killing Circle

A new suspense novel from Andrew Pyper
Book Review | by Claire Ward

History at Invesco Field

History at Invesco Field

Have Canadians ever been this passionate?
Online Exclusive | by Salimah Y. Ebrahim

Close to the Bone

Close to the Bone

Searching for justice in Colombia
Field Notes | by Matthew Fishbane

Cellphone Games

Cellphone Games

Does radio frequency radiation pose a cancer risk? Researchers in the largest study to date won’t say
Health | by Melinda Wenner

The People’s Court

The People’s Court

Doctors are paid for through our taxes. Why not lawyers? Alex Hutchinson examines a case for universal legal care
Law | by Alex Hutchinson

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