April 14, 2008

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April 14, 2008

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HAITI ARE WE HELPING?
NATIONAL

HAITI ARE WE HELPING?

By MICHAEL PETROU19 min
Malcolm GLADWELL vs. Adam GOPNIK
THE MACLEAN'S DEBATE

Malcolm GLADWELL vs. Adam GOPNIK

By KATE FILLION16 min
WHY THE LEAFS STINK
BUSINESS

WHY THE LEAFS STINK

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HAITI ARE WE HELPING? 1617
NATIONAL

HAITI ARE WE HELPING?

Canada has given the Caribbean nation millions in aid. But has it done any good? By MICHAEL PETROU19 min
Malcolm GLADWELL vs. Adam GOPNIK 3637
THE MACLEAN'S DEBATE

Malcolm GLADWELL vs. Adam GOPNIK

CANADA: NATION OR NOTION? By KATE FILLION16 min
WHY THE LEAFS STINK 4849
BUSINESS

WHY THE LEAFS STINK

It would be comforting to believe that the Toronto Maple Leafs are cursed. After 41 years of failure, supernatural explanations start to seem pretty attractive, especially when hard facts are just too painful to face. It’s not like there’s any shortage of evidence for those inclined to see paranormal forces at work.
MAIL BAG 45
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MAIL BAG

IT WAS SO REFRESHING to see Brian Bethune’s unbiased take on the current state of Christianity, especially when it comes to Jesus’s teachings (“The Jesus problem,” Faith, March 31). For far too long, people have twisted and disfigured those teachings until they became a tool to judge, scare and force followers into a certain way of life—just look at American evangelicals.
free-range children 6465
HOME

free-range children

We’ve done it for cattle and for chickens— it’s time we unleashed this generation of kids, argues Carl Honoré By KEN MACQUEEN10 min
ROCK 'N' ROLL GOODFELLAS 7677
THE BACK PAGES

ROCK 'N' ROLL GOODFELLAS

After years of packing his movies with the heat of the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese finally gets to shoot Mick's mob By BRIAN D. JOHNSON9 min
'Osama’s not as complicated as some of his siblings. If he had been, he wouldn’t have become so violent and stubborn.’ 1415

'Osama’s not as complicated as some of his siblings. If he had been, he wouldn’t have become so violent and stubborn.’

PULITZER WINNER STEVE COLL TALKS TO KATE FILLION ABOUT OSAMA, THE OTHER BIN LADENS, AND A FATEFUL FAMILY PLANE CRASH
That poor woman down the street 8687
THE BACK PAGES

That poor woman down the street

Apparently it's perfectly okay for the CHRC to hijack its neighbour's computer system By MARK STEYN8 min
THE TRUE STORY OF TWO CALGARY POLICE OFFICER WHO BROKE OFF THEIR ENGAGEMENT THREE TIMES BUT STAYED ODDLY ATTACHED TO A DIAMOND RING 6869
SOCIETY

THE TRUE STORY OF TWO CALGARY POLICE OFFICER WHO BROKE OFF THEIR ENGAGEMENT THREE TIMES BUT STAYED ODDLY ATTACHED TO A DIAMOND RING

NICHOLAS KÖHLER on one of the oddest rulings in recent Canadian legal memory
Samantha Cools PEDAL TO THE MEDALS I 7071
SPORTS

Samantha Cools PEDAL TO THE MEDALS I

Canada’s Olympic hopefuls: By JONATHON GATEHOUSE6 min
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