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2009.06

June 2009

The Case for Europe

The Case for Europe

As Europe swings to the right, BBC journalist Nick Fraser asks: is the EU worth saving?
July Issue Preview | by Nick Fraser
Canadian Primal

Canadian Primal

Five poet-thinkers redefine our relationship to nature
Literature | by Mark Dickinson

How Google Unconquered The World

How Google Unconquered The World

Google’s new Android mobile phone, and why Apple lost the ball (again)
From the Blogs | by Jon Evans

June 2009

June 2009

Readers’ letters on porn and Barack Obama
Letters | by The Walrus Readers

Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper

A short biography of our great Prime Minister
Humour | by Andrew Clark

Honourable mention, National Magazine Awards: Humour 

Chop Chop Square

Chop Chop Square

Inside Saudi Arabia’s brutal justice system
Field Notes | by Adam St. Patrick

Crossing the Dezadeash, Haines Junction

Crossing the Dezadeash, Haines Junction

A new poem by Jan Zwicky
Poetry | by Jan Zwicky

Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note

Junk science, credibility, and the race to save the environment
Editor's Note | by John Macfarlane

The Peace Plus One Social Club

The Peace Plus One Social Club

Inside the budding Chinese environmental movement
Field Notes | by Mitch Moxley

Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost

A gallery of creatures, plants and other strangenesses
Online Exclusive | by Tyler Clark Burke

Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

Canada’s Mark Lewis launches an ambitious (and expensive) project for the Venice Biennale
Visual Art | by Daniel Baird

No Small Mercy

No Small Mercy

How a Rwandan genocide survivor made peace with the man who almost killed her
International Affairs | by Jina Moore

Consumed

Consumed

New research gets at the root of our celebrity obsession
Frontier | by Jessica Johnson

The Prodigal Preacher

The Prodigal Preacher

A grandson contemplates a patriarch who favoured the company of strangers
Firsthand | by Brett Grainger

The Walrus Presents...

The Walrus Presents...

Hockey, torture, and the Don Cherry Doctrine
Comics | by Jason Sherman and David Parkins

Extreme Giving

Extreme Giving

For the Haida of the Pacific Northwest, the potlach is still at the centre of a culture of in which you are what you give
Society | by Rick Salutin

Waiting for a New Day

Waiting for a New Day

Scenes from Afghan life in wartime
International Affairs | by Balazs Gardi

Off the Rails

Off the Rails

How Canada fell from leader to laggard in high-speed rail, and why that needs to change
Transport | by Monte Paulsen

Back In Palookaville

Back In Palookaville

Cartoonist and designer Seth emerges as comics’ premier historian
Books | by Sean Rogers

Water Everywhere, 1982

Water Everywhere, 1982

An excerpt from Lisa Moore’s new novel, February, published by Anansi.
Fiction | by Lisa Moore

An Inconvenient Talk

An Inconvenient Talk

Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel age
Environment | by Chris Turner

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