‘I Published a Novel and No One Cares’

Blaming yourself for not selling books is like blaming yourself for aging. 

The Torture of an Unphilosophical Life

The mind deserves a task worthy of its powers.

The New Sectarians

In 2024, ethnic and religious tribalism came bursting into British politics.

The Big Five Publishers Have Killed Literary Fiction

Serious readers must expand their tastes to the small presses.

Are Millennials Ruining Divorce Too?

In a spate of new books, authors grapple with what separation means in the modern age.

Sour Grapes

America invented the perfect grape, then banished it into obscurity. I found out why.

The Woman Who Made Us All Italian

Marcella Hazan demystified the world’s major cuisine for Americans trapped in a Wonder Bread world.

Young People are Rejecting Work.

Why?

Student Terrorism

Here.

The Cult of the Keffiyeh

How pitying Palestine and hating Israel became the ultimate luxury belief.

Canada’s Dysfunctional Healthcare System

Fears ER surge during holidays.

Good News Stories

You may have missed in 2024.

The Case Against George Orwell

As with DH Lawrence, Orwell’s private life has imperilled his reputation. Is there a way back?

When The Future Arrived, It Felt… Ordinary

 What happened to the glamour of tomorrow?

Teaching Literature and Writing

Does it have a future?

The Flavour of Mechanisation

Olive oil was revered and cherished by the ancients. But its distinctive peppery taste is a modern invention.

Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Filed

By family who says BC man received MAID on psychiatric day pass.

Woman’s Right Leg Amputated

After waiting 8 days for bed at Winnipeg's HSC to treat open wound.

Guinness Crisis Comes To A Head

As pubs run dry.

BC Family Alleging Wrongful Death

After man euthanized while on day pass from psychiatric ward.

Group That Led Campaign For MAID

Is now calling for safeguards.

In the Fascist Weight Room

1968’s dangerous and grandiose fantasies.

What Is Captagon

And why is it called the ‘Drug of Jihad’?

Trudeau

Will sacrifice the West in a battle with Trump.

Canadian Man Dies of Aneurysm

After giving up on hospital wait.

Canadians Wait

A record-breaking 30 weeks on average for medical care.

Citizens Warned

About government’s new state-assisted suicide plan.

Is Domestic Terrorism

The next step for antisemitic radicals?

Justin Trudeau’s Tyranny of Virtue

Trudeau implies Canadians would regret not voting for him.

Jordan Peterson

Officially moves to US.

Love Song to Costco

In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough.

‘An Act Of Hate’

Counter-terrorism police to investigate synagogue firebombing.

Sweden To Review Refugee Status

For migrants vacationing in countries they fled from.

Canada’s ‘Doctor Death’

Has killed hundreds of patients and counting.

An Indigenous-Owned Model for Sustainable Tourism

How the Klahoose converted a closed BC fishing lodge into a place to immerse in nature and culture.

How Far-Right Influencers Are Weaponizing Canada As A Warning To Americans

And why it’s also changing the way we see ourselves.

CS Lewis

An unseen essay on truth and fiction.

 

Inside New Zealand’s Radical Plan

To save its native birds.

An AI Companion Suggested He Kill His Parents

Now his mom is suing.

50% of Syrian Refugees Still on Government Assistance in Canada

5 years after arrival.

Syria

I’m confused.

Family Told Man Had Been Released From Sudbury Hospital

He died there the night before.

Canadians Faced Longest Ever Health-Care Wait Times

In 2024.

Assisted Dying

Now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths.

Jewish Doctors Consider Fleeing Canada

Amid rising rates of antisemitism in their profession.

The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won.

Being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries.

Trudeau’s Weak Leadership

Is eroding Canada’s moral clarity when we need it most.

The Oxford Union

Has disgraced itself.

Ontario Human Rights Tribunal

Fines Emo Township for refusing Pride proclamation.

Genji-Kō

The art and mathematics.