Back Issues
December 2012
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Hugh Langis.
Hugh Langis is a Toronto-based illustrator and art director at Half Hunter. His work has been recognized by American Illustration and Creative Quarterly and published in The Globe and Mail, Condé Nast Traveler, Maisonneuve and L’actualité.
Scrapping Welfare
The case for guaranteeing all Canadians an income above the poverty line
Hugh Segal
A Tale of Two Massacres
The haunting parallels—and striking differences—between a pair of Native uprisings.
Myrna Kostash
Sympathy for the Devil
Gary Bettman’s rise to head enforcer for the NHL ownership
Christopher DornanOur Muslim Citizens
Are they any different from previous waves of Catholics or Jews?
Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos
The Caregiver Dilemma
Stories we prefer not to dwell on about our children’s nannies.
Marina Jimenez
Physics as Humanism
A gifted communicator argues for better living through better science
Mélanie Frappier
Blood and Treasure
When wars involve natural resources, the only sure thing is complexity
Madelaine Drohan
Marching as to War
How two unlikely prime ministers steered Canada through the great 20th-century battles
Adam Chapnick