A look at the past, present, and future of this universal commodity. By modern reckoning, it should have taken Odysseus less than a week to cover the 500 miles between Troy and his home. It took ten years. On the surface, Quebec appears to be confidently steering a course towards a radically different future. Beneath the surface, however, is anxiety.
Special attention is paid to the Canadian economic dilemma.
Includes views of Robert Heilbroner and John Kenneth Galbraith. David Gold, economist. An examination of the life of Oscar Wilde. Mark Abley, poet and critic. And, like the drug trade, the good guys in the war to protect wildlife are fighting a losing battle.