October 22, 2007

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MAIL BAG

IN REFERENCE TO your story about the Canadian loonie rising above the value of the American dollar, I take offence to you painting retailers with broad and negative strokes and saying that “the only payoff is going to the ones behind the cash register” (“Can you say recession?”

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INTERVIEW

Q: We're doing this by email, which is a first for me. Do you prefer email interviews? A: I do, because I can think for a second. I can craft a sentence. I still power through them and pull stuff out of my ass—but I have a chance to really think, should I want or need to.

WORLD

DRUGS, DEALS, AND THE TALIBAN

In the face of rampant bombings, abductions, drug trafficking and corruption, Afghanistan is on track for its most violent year since the end of Taliban rule By JONATHON GATEHOUSE7 min