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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004

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Pay what you can

By Patricia D’Souza

Layton’s last hurrah

The charismatic NDP leader fell far short of an unqualified electoral triumph. But as kingmaker to the minority Liberals, Jack Layton wields enormous power. And that could be the party’s salvation— or his personal downfall By Annette Bourdeau [Read more]

Strike up the brand

By Julia Williams

Man trouble

What’s a modern man to do in an age of rapidly changing expectations? The most beleaguered rebel by questioning themselves; others simply blame women. Welcome to the frontier of male disaffection By Andre Mayer [Read more]

Crossing the line

Three years after September 11, has it finally become acceptable to make outrageous statements again? How patriotism stifled freedom of speech By Bill Reynolds
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THIS & THAT

Sex and the Syndicated girl Why Josey Vogels is too hot for Halifax By Sarah Fenn

Over the falls in a trash can By J. Nicole Guerin

Invest in yourself Refresher Course: By Bruce Gillespie

Minority report By Jenn Hardy

Wage slaves How to stop high-end magazines from using sweatshop labour By Arthur Johnson

No status, no service—no more Why Toronto should change its tattletale approach to social welfare By Maria Amuchastegui

Get your act together Ottawa Report: By Aaron Freeman

Smoke ’em out By Jenn Hardy

FICTION & POETRY

My Last Visit to Lester’s By Doug Melnyk

To Do By Elyse Friedman

Animal magnetism Interview with Doug Melnyk By Stuart Ross

ARTS & IDEAS

Oral pleasure By Marisa Iacobucci

Moore is better Why must the left apologize for its own propaganda? By John Degen

Read This: The best of Canadian small press Girls who bite back, edited by Emily Pohl-Weary, Review by Lisa Whittington-Hill
LD: Mayor Lewis Taylor and the rise of Vancouver, by Daniel Francis, Review by Adam Lewis Schroeder
Borders Matter: Homeland Security and the Search For North America, by Daniel Drache, Review by Mel Watkins
Catch and Release: Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life by Mark Kingwell, Review by Andrew Potter

Big bank theory By Nathaniel G. Moore

Hear This: off the beaten track Reviews by Lisa Whittington-Hill
The Hidden Cameras, Mississauga Goddam
Stirling, Northern Light
CBC Radio 3 Sessions Vol. 1

Question Authority Persian Persuasion
Hossein Derakhshan on how the internet is inspiring a political uprising in Iran By Andre Mayer


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