Saturday 12 June 2021

Climate Crisis

Has shifted the Earth’s axis.




The Conversion of Thomas Sowell

It wasn’t until his thirties that the economist started to turn from Marxism.



Biden Needs to Butt Out of British Politics

It’s clearer than ever – the Northern Ireland Protocol is a menace to our democracy.



No, the Woke Won’t Debate You.

Here’s why.



The Palestinian Tragedy

Hamas has turned a national liberation movement into a never-ending jihad against Israel.



Biden Plans to Keep Coddling Europe

Just who is the superpower?



What I Learned in Canada’s Brutal Residential Schools

The campaign to separate Native children from their heritage began before we were sent away.



On the Young Doctors

Who came of age during a pandemic.



What’s So Special about Vancouver Anyway?

Through works of bewildering proportions, a new exhibition strives to find out.



Kellogg’s Green Onion Chex Cereal

Reviewed.



Friday 11 June 2021

The Phantom

Of Arctic misgovernance.





British Not Impressed

With Old Joe and his dementia.



Why Pro-Israel Hasbara Fails

The compelling story is about struggle.



Oregon Legislature

OK’s measure to protect homeless campers.



‘America Is Back’

But to what?



Joe Biden Policies Leading Migrants

To die in the Panamanian jungle.



In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at Math

The new framework aims to keep everyone learning at the same level for as long as possible.




Truth, Reading, Decadence

Wonders that should change your life and stay with you forever... Sadly, in this intellectually miserable century, they can’t. 



What the Mongols Did For Us

The Golden Horde wasn't barbarous, it created the modern world.



“People Are Just Bumbling”

A flight attendant on what post-vaccine travel looks like.



Do You Want AI to Be Conscious?

Consciousness is an important function for us. Why not for our machines?



Out of Respect for First Nations

No Canada Day events in Victoria.



France’s Mega-mosque Problem

Funding from abroad is dividing the country.



How the Uber-Rich Transformed Housing in Vancouver and the World

A UBC professor’s new book tours ‘iceberg’ mansions, zombie cities, sky-high safety-deposit boxes and the ‘financialization’ of architecture.



Wednesday 9 June 2021

The Woke Don’t Want to Save the World

Evil is irrelevant to a movement that only cares about itself.



Mike Nichols and the American Century

The director made landmark contributions to three distinct art forms. His life reflected the American experience in the latter half of the twentieth century—both its failures and its feats. 



The Tyranny Of Time

The clock is a useful social tool, but it is also deeply political. It benefits some, marginalizes others and blinds us from a true understanding of our own bodies and the world around us.



The Classicist Who Killed Homer

How Milman Parry proved that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by a lone genius.



Non-Electric Hearing Aids

 Outperform modern devices.



Michelin’s Inflatable Sails

Hybridize freight ships to cut emissions.



Why Confederate Lies Live On

For some Americans, history isn’t the story of what actually happened; it’s the story they want to believe.




The Idiotic Shaming

 Of ‘white,’ Western thought.