Probes

QUITTING, AGAIN: Day 30

By Ryan Knighton | January 31, 2003

Ryan Knighton continues his elegy for cigarettes–or his descent into recidivism…

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QUITTING, AGAIN

By Ryan Knighton | January 27, 2003

Ryan Knighton tries to wax philosophical about quitting smoking, but would really rather…

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On The Rewards of Plagiarism

By Ryan Knighton | November 5, 2002

Ryan Knighton wonders if college-level plagiarism might not be presenting a societal morality

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Taslima and Salman: A Fatwa With a Difference

By Jacqueline Swartz | October 18, 2002

Jacqueline Swartz outlines some differences in the fatwas against Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrin. Nasrin appeared at Toronto’s Harbourfront Writers Festival in late October

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On Psychopathy TM

By Ryan Knighton | September 27, 2002

Ryan Knighton raises the possibility that corporate manipulation of the cybersphere is creating a new kind of psychopath

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Speculators:

By John Mcleod | September 17, 2002

Our new correspondent in Uzbekistan files a report on life in Tashkent..

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OPA, ARGENTILE, AND ME

By Keith Kubeck | August 7, 2002

A Quebec carpenter examines his ancestral tools, and their value

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DIASPORISM: SPEAKING AS A BAD JEW

By Stan Persky | June 28, 2002

Stan Persky has an interesting take on the question of Jewish identity

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TRUTH TO TELL

By Pauline Holdstock | June 12, 2002

Pauline Holdstock has a very complicated story to tell

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Dad in Defibrillation

By Merrily Weisbord | May 7, 2002

Merrily Weisbord writes about beloved fathers growing old

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