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Articles by Ken Alexander
December 2004/January 2005
“This photograph is telling the story of constructing the new Museum of Modern Art in New York. All the phases are there, but not visible in the way we’re used …
February 2005 | The Walrus
Pierre Trudeau tried to stop a cycle of blackmail, where one province held up the national interest by bargaining solely for its own parish. Paul Martin’s new health accord is an invitation not just for one blackmailer, but for ten.
Mordecai Richler
The Pope. Prince Rainier. Terri Schiavo. Numerous murders in Toronto the Good. More Iraqis. Satire. Context. Vocabulary. Death, not rebirth, seemed to haunt the news this spring, and it was …
July/August 2008
There’s something intriguing about the currently received notion of summer as a season for escape. Once upon a very different time, if you were escaping in summer it was very …
June 2008 | The Walrus
How losing a Canadian satellite to the US would be like losing our eyes on the North
May 2008 | The Walrus
[Kim Jong Il’s] infatuation with film is obvious from the museum’s first room, where an entire wall is covered with a massive list of every occasion when Mr. Kim gave …
December 2007 | The Walrus
It is an old story, often told: Wal-Mart, with its predatory pricing, strategic positioning, and, despite recent losses, ongoing marriage to the growth model, is a wrecker of local virtues. …
October 2007 | The Walrus
No one was more surprised than yours truly when nhl Commissioner Gary Bettman’s crazy plan worked, more or less. We all knew that hockey was in trouble. We all thought …
September 2007 | The Walrus
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. — Walt Disney The Diaries of …
November 2006 | The Walrus
I‘m not sure exactly when Canada struck me anew as a decent place worth fighting for, but it happened sometime this past summer. The arrival of Thomas Noiset, our sixteen-yearold …
April 2006 | The Walrus
The bird is hot. That flaxen-hued coin in your pocket is worth more than it has been since it was created in 1987. Economists predict it will fetch ninety cents or more against the US dollar before the end of the year, thanks to high prices for commoditie
March 2006 | The Walrus
Content Briefly describe the anecdote at the beginning of the article. What is the difference between a peacekeeper and a soldier Why is one Canadian soldier sick of being called …
February 2006 | The Walrus
No man is an island, but a community can become marooned on one. Following a spate of blackon- black murders, culminating in a teenager being gunned down on the steps …
November 2005 | The Walrus
I want to welcome all of you to the weekend that will change your life. Today is the last day you will ever have to put up with the Old …
June 2005 | The Walrus
The character and history of Mérida in Mexico is enshrined in its limestone walls and walkways. / Photo by Neil Beer/corbis mérida—The best way to see Mérida, the heat-smitten capital …
May 2005 | The Walrus
It always takes long to come to what you have to say, you have to sweep this stretch of land up around your feet and point to the signs, pleat …
Paul Martin | The Walrus
Pierre Trudeau tried to stop a cycle of blackmail, where one province held up the national interest by bargaining solely for its own parish. Paul Martin’s new health accord is an invitation not just for one blackmailer, but for ten.
November 2004 | The Walrus
The Access to Information Act was supposed to get government documents into the hands of Canadians. Instead, it has created a state in which there are often no documents to get.
July/August 2004
“The cliché is your enemy.” –from a handbook on writing It is not easy to admit this on paper, but the surface of the lake is sparkling very much like …
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