Death and Drugs and Rock ’N’ Roll

“Cyanide in his nasal spray — it happened so fast, he probably never knew what hit him,” said Chief Inspector DeToombs sadly. LDC Liebnitz looked curiously at the contorted features of Roger Blooz, puzzle editor for MossGather Magazine, the Journal of Record…
IT’S FRED…

The things we do in the Foreign Service! Hard and fast job descriptions or physical limitations are not excuses in a Canadian diplomat’s line of duty. His Excellency, Fred Bild, Canada’s Ambassador to China, rides a camel along the streets of Beijing…
Sea Changes: American Foreign Policy in a World Transformed // Same Bed, Different Dreams: America and Japan — Societies in Transition

Reviewed by Steven Lee Although Sea Changes is aimed primarily at an American audience, its essays are relevant for anyone wishing to understand the implications of the global changes which have occurred over the past decade. The articles encompass a wide range…
The Gulf Within: Canadian Arabs, Racism and the Gulf War // Saddam’s War: The Origins of the Kuwait Conflict and the International Response

Reviewed by Michael Shenstone
“I’ll be with you in a minute, Mr. Ambassador”: The Education of a Canadian Diplomat in Washington

Reviewed by Peter Dobell
Benefit Coverage for Same-Sex Spouses

by Peter Cenne
“Drive” They Said:

Story and photos by Albert and Jennifer Galpin
Rapa Nui: An Island in Peril

Story and photos by David Bickford
Alan McLaine

bout de papier is honoured to print below the text of the speaking notes for Mr. Blair Seaborn’s oral eulogy on that sad occasion. Editor
Milton Blair Blackwood

Friends of Milton Blair Blackwood were saddened to learn of his sudden death in La Jolla, California on October 31, 1992. A memorial service at La Jolla was held on November 8.
