The Halibut Hook Revival

An ingenious Indigenous fishing technology with spiritual significance is making a comeback.

Suicides Surge in a Hopeless Venezuela

Very sad. I loved Merida.

Precision Medicine Moves from Promise to Reality

And in The Casebook of Doctor Sababa, back again.

A Brief History of Sci-Fi’s Love Affair With the Red Planet

Oh so close, and yet so far.

The Emperor’s Woke Clothes

Campus Week: How did an elite, repressive minority policing speech and culture through political correctness come to browbeat the American democratic majority?

It’s Official

The ‘Bandits of Madagascar’ Author Reading at Nanaimo North Library, Saturday October 27, 2018. I’ll bring my friends, you bring yours.

Amid Pollution and Political Indifference, Nigerians Struggle to Catch Their Breath

Nigeria’s southern region suffers off-the-charts air pollution. Leaders are doing little to help.

Why Forests Give You Awe

There is a vastness, a solemnity, a gloom, a sense of solitude and of human insignificance which for a time overwhelm you.

Far Right, Misogynist, Humourless?

Why Nietzsche is misunderstood.

The Historical Roots of Trump's Anger With Canada

The US president’s sense of victimization reaches back to his country’s founding.

Home Libraries Confer Long-term Benefits

Now that I seem to be around for awhile longer, I need to reconstitute mine.

Sherlock's Curse

Forensic pathologist wants us to reconsider our homage to Holmes. He’s wrong.

My Alma Mater

John Urschel goes Pro.

Amazing Day in the Forest

An Internment Camp for 10 Million Uyghurs

China’s dystopian police state.