Thursday 19 November 2020

Robbie Fulks Dives Headfirst into the Strangely Messy World of Gordon Lightfoot

And 236 songs later, our writer nearly drowns.



Suffering, Unfaltering Manet

Even in ill health, the painter continued to shock his audience.



The Silenced Majority

Can America still afford democracy?



Obama Releases New Memoir About Writing His Memoirs

As a memoir.



Canadian Dog Flees to America for a Better Life

Is sadly extradited back to socialist rule.



Atsa Spicy Meatball

Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours.




How Many Americans Are About to Die?

A new analysis shows that the country is on track to pass spring’s grimmest record.



Keep Science Irrational

Is hard data the only path to scientific truth? That’s an absurd, illogical and profoundly useful fiction.



Sunday 15 November 2020

The Virtues of a Confrontational China Strategy

A Japanese official criticizes aspects of the Trump Administration’s confrontational approach to China, but on balance finds it preferable in almost every way to Obama’s engagement and accommodation.



Toxic but Fascinating


Jellyfish have mesmerized people for millennia, and much remains to be learned about them.