From Briarpatch, enough to live on: An article on the case for guaranteed income and the end of the growth economy. Surprise, Canadian pluralism is working: An excerpt from Unlikely Utopia: The Surprising Triumph of Canadian Pluralism by Michael Adams; and a look at the work of Robert Putnam and the case against diversity. From The Toronto Star, Joanne Tod plans to paint all of Canada’s casualties in the ongoing conflict — that makes her an exception in the contemporary art world; a look at how war and the horror of war are best contemplated in stark, ugly images; a new movie may finally illuminate the "black hole" in the memory of the World War I battle of Passchendaele, in which feared Canadian "storm troopers" wrested a tiny Belgian town from the Germans; and a look at the war Canadians really did win: A review of 1812: War with America by Jon Latimer. An interview with Michael Byers, author of Intent for a Nation: A Relentlessly Optimistic Manifesto for Canada’s Role in the World. Time to herald our northern coast: Advocates say new words on Canada's coat of arms would help the cause of Arctic sovereignty. Who owns the Arctic? It depends on the shape of the ocean floor.
