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Alberta and Me

From a land of oil, true enough

Amanda Perry

Referendum? What Referendum?

A constitutional expert argues that the federal insistence on clarity has paid off

Sujit Choudhry

The Grey Plateau

When the world stopped five years ago

Stephen Marche
Issues

September 2010

Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Eric Uhlich. Eric Uhlich has recently returned to Canada after living and travelling overseas for some years. He now calls Vancouver home. He has recently self-published a graphic novel, Green Skies, and spends the rest of his time drawing, riding his bicycle and making plans.

The Mystery of Cities

In a globalized world, urban success has no simple explanation

Jeb Brugmann

Miscellany with a Mission

A critic deeply devoted to CanLit sets out to woo the general reader

Charles Foran

A Classic Victorian Yarn

Stunning scenery, oily foreign tricksters and priceless archaeology

Donald Akenson

The Private Option

Who should own our hospitals, roads, and schools?

Patrice Dutil

A Body in Uniform

Derring-do doesn’t get much more daring than this World War Two tale

William Stevenson

Rich and Strange

Is there any language more fun to play with than English?

James Harbeck

Can Sociology Save Us?

His faith in reason unshaken, one academic argues yes

Ana Siljak

Crammed with Crime

Narrow straits and human traits on one street in St. John’s

Mark Anthony Jarman

From Manners to Manhood

A comic novel about the difference between being proper and being decent

Mark Abley

Balancing Act

The state, the markets, the future

David Crane

Nature's Cathedral

Trees are a special gift, scientifically indispensable and spiritually profound

Rorke Bryan

“Pursued by Devils or Tories”

An engrossing book on the origins of the insanity defence

Larry Krotz