Thursday, 13 April 2023

Bates College Mandates ‘Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism’ Curriculum

After a lengthy debate, Bates College is will mandate that students fulfill a graduation requirement on race and privilege.




Tuesday, 11 April 2023

The Outrageous Hypocrisy Of Those Labour Attack Ads

Labour councils turned a blind eye to grooming gangs. The party is in no position to lecture others on tackling child abuse.



The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution



Twitter Is Blowing Up With Videos

Of this trans dancer who was admitted to the Royal Academy of Dance.



Notes From An Author

Paul Theroux reflects on the evolving nature of rail travel.



The Empty Basket

Economics is the language of power and affects us all. What can we do to improve its impoverished menu of ideas?



The Case Against ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’

Canada’s assisted-death law seems connected to the atomization of our society—as much a symptom of inhumanity as a cause.



Online Shopping In The Middle Of The Ocean

E-commerce giants don’t reliably deliver to the remote islands of French Polynesia, so locals made their own online shopping service.



Sunday, 9 April 2023

A Cage by Another Name

A stay in temporary housing can be harmful to people’s physical, mental, and social health.



The Hunt For BC’s Most Notorious Fisherman

Scott Steer made a career flouting Canada’s commercial fishing laws and the officers who enforce them. One dreary night in Vancouver, it all caught up to him.



Man of Culture

A bacterium found on a remote Pacific island first became the obsession of a Punjabi microbiologist. It then became a wonder drug that gave hope to millions around the world.



Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow: How a Dream Life Turned into a Nightmare

My husband started a cryptocurrency empire that made us rich. When he died, I learned it was just a facade.



America Doesn’t Know Tofu

China has spent millennia exploring the culinary possibilities of soybean curds. The West has barely scratched the surface.



The Limits of Forgiveness

It’s a process that unites wronged and wrongdoer in a plan of peace, and it seems a most useful virtue.