December 2018
Featured Articles
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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

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.
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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 -
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 -
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
The Toronto FC roller coaster
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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 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