December 2018
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Keeping Governments Honest
Ottawa’s press gallery has evolved but its task is unchanged
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The Case for Dissensus
In a time of mass agreement, a call for oppositional thinking
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‘I Simply Did a Mash-up’
Margaret Atwood in conversation with Michael Enright
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Enough Heat to Melt the Ice
A new generation of novels about hockey finds the action away from the rink
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Polar Opposites
Arctic nations see opportunity in receding sea ice but the economic rewards may prove elusive
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Without a Prayer
How Christianity is losing ground in Canada
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A Doubled Apocalypse
A remote community, the end of modernity, and an unnerving, ‘intensely claustrophobic’ novel
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A Catholic and a Jihadi Walk into a Storeroom…
Faith, terror, and temptation converge in satirical campus novel
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The Mysteries of the Rainbow
Making and interpreting the colours around us
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A Beautiful, Sometimes Painful Game
Toronto FC fans have been riding a roller coaster but they’re not about to jump off
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Money Matters
Canadians and Americans bank on high finance in different ways
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The Life and Death of Parents
Two writers look to the generation before them to tell stories of their past
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An Uncertain Royal Path
Three Windsor women—two dutiful, one wild—and the future of the monarchy
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Boredom as a Political Weapon
Saul Bellow fought banality—and taught us to look hard at the world
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On a Personal Note
A look at boyhood, a guide to goodness, and sports-based parenting
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The Problem with Privilege
Andy Lamey on how private schools sell status
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Two Haiku
A poem
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Northern Landscape
A poem
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Canoe
A poem
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The 10:10 Northbound
A poem
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Seashell
A poem
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The Way
A poem
Sam Island
Sam Island is an illustrator from Toronto. He studied at Sheridan College before beginning his professional career. His clients include The New Yorker, Time, Buzzfeed, and Apple.