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Kurds and Turks: End of the War?

After three decades of low-level guerilla war in southeastern Turkey, both sides have concluded that they cannot win
The Cranbrook Sash & Door Factory: The Early Years

The Cranbrook Sash & Door Factory: The Early Years

The Leasks and Slaters left an architectural legacy that may be viewed to this day throughout the city.
‘Timeless memoir’ from a hate-filled man

‘Timeless memoir’ from a hate-filled man

Booknotes looks at the 'self-reinvention' of a Klansman.

Misplanned official bank robbery

Could a failed bank robbery in Cyprus cause the collapse of the euro?

The moments that make up the day

"My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be." (Erma Bombeck)

Iraq 10 years after the invasion

The U.S. spent about $800 billion on the Iraq war, and will eventually spend at least another trillion. Yet it achieved less than nothing.
Conrad Kain: The man of the mountains

Conrad Kain: The man of the mountains

The Kootenays' most famous mountaineeer is buried where he wants to be — almost.

Being good enough is good enough

The spirit of our age tells us that in everything, we ought to pursue excellence. But . . .

Saving a literary culture from the trash

From the dumpsters to proportionally the most in-print literature on the planet.

Afghanistan: The Najibullah Syndrome

what is all this nonsense about the Taliban bombs being an attempt to persuade the "foreigners" that they have to stay.