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An open letter to Rob Ford—from one addict to another—on the value of admitting to your addiction.
It’s easy to compare Rob Ford—and his many scandals—to Springfield’s Joe Quimby. He may, however, have even more in common with Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Mayor Wilkins, The Great McGinty, the Mayor of Casterbridge, or a 40-year-old Randy Newman album.
How does an average-sized white guy from a country not known for its basketball prowess become one of the game’s biggest stars and most valuable leaders? A new book charts the unlikely course, but Jack McCallum has some theories of his own.
In Desmond Morris's The Naked Ape, how children play together and interact is boiled down to a set of biological rules. These rules aren't just patterns—they're rehearsal for survival.
In our third—and final—dispatch from IFOA, Douglas Coupland remembers quitting smoking, and moderator Rodge Glass asks Craig Davidson, Tamara Daith Berger and others what is the point to all this writing.
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