July–August 2012

As Others See Us

Glimpses of Canada through other literary eyes

Rogue Proteins

Tracking the infectious, slow-moving prions that cause diseases like mad cow—and possibly also Alzheimer’s

Canada’s Benedict Arnold

Meet Joseph Willcocks, our homegrown traitor from the War of 1812

Trading with the Sharks

How can we best protect ordinary investors?

One Brief Shining Moment

The world’s fair that put Canada (fleetingly) on the map

Under Unblinking Eyes

Despite public faith in expanding camera surveillance, there is no clear evidence it makes us safer

Copping to It

In their treatment of First Nations, do the police reflect their own culture or broader Canadian social values?

Digital and Disembodied

New kinds of personhood in the age of Facebook

The Nap

Ode to Federico Garcia Lorca

A sea monster tells his story

A Post-War Masquerade

Displaced persons and identity theft in Jewish Montreal

Strange Enough to Be True

A skillful tale of survival in Vietnam

An Imperial Crisis

Vancouver’s 1914 immigration standoff left many lessons unlearned

New Music for Canada

The fierce struggle against both stifling tradition and public apathy

Election or Revolution?

It will be some time before we know what really happened in 2011

The Shopping Aisles of Democracy

New insights into the consumer approach to campaigning and governance

Our Disastrous Lovable Cars

They may be choking us to death but it’s so hard to give them up

The Consolations of Anthropomorphism

In spite of everything we know, the world still revolves around us

Buying up the Free Press

In the Canadian media, a shared owner doesn't necessarily mean shared opinions

A Beltway Education

An insider's satirical take on Washington backstabbing, boozing and hustle