Leftists Have Become the Morality Police They Once Despised

They feel that their perspective on what is right and wrong, good and bad, is so unfailingly correct that any divergence from that, or questioning of it, is itself a moral infraction.

When Fonts Fall

An exhaustive guide to font fallback, its beauty, and all the pitfalls.

Celebrate the House Meal, the Go-To Dish for When There’s No One to Satisfy but Yourself

Too simple or too weird to try out on guests, the house meal is the epitome of experimental home cooking.

The Rings of Sebald

In The Paris Review.

China’s Bhutan Gambit

Beijing is upping the pressure for a land swap deal to settle the China-Bhutan border, in hopes of gaining an advantage over India.

Bubonic Plague Panic: China Declares Disease Emergency as Black Death Cases Rapidly Rise

China has announced an emergency after a three-year-old boy contracted the bubonic plague in the south-west of the country.

Canada's first 24/7 shelter specifically for sex workers to open in Vancouver

The shelter will be tailored to the unique needs of sex workers, who often sleep during the day and work at night.

Buying Nazism

In the early years of Nazi rule, the vagueness of much Nazi ideology enabled many Germans to see in Nazism what they wanted to see.

Scientists Use Century-Old Seaweed to Solve a Marine Mystery

A treasure trove of data trapped in pressed seaweed helps explain the collapse of Monterey Bay’s sardine fishery in the 1950s.

How Three Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts

Who thought disease could be a significant driver of human history?

The New Intolerance

On the rise of an authoritarian ideology ‘hostile to the rule of reason’.

New Super-enzyme Eats Plastic Bottles Six Times Faster

Breakthrough that builds on plastic-eating bugs first discovered by Japan in 2016 promises to enable full recycling.

Inside the Airline Industry's Meltdown

Coronavirus has hit few sectors harder than air travel, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and uncountable billions in revenue. While most fleets were grounded, the industry was forced to reimagine its future.

Dark and Stormy Night

Noir never goes out of style.

Want to Learn How the Pentagon Works? Then Play This Board Game.

A new game meant to help the U.S. government write the 2018 National Defense Strategy shows what happens when resources and commitments collide.

The Pirates of the Highways

On America’s interstates, brazen bands of thieves steal 18-wheelers filled with computers, cell phones, even toilet paper. And select law enforcement teams are tasked with tracking them down.

The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy.

 It didn’t go well.

Liberty

In a pandemic we learn again what Sartre meant by being free.

When to Break a Rule

A virtuous person respects the rules. So when should the same person make a judgment call and break or bend them instead?

Nanaimo Author Releases Second Book About Ace Island Doctor

Lawrence Winkler holds online reading for ‘The Next Casebook of Doctor Sababa’.

Trudeau, not Trump, is the Real Threat to Freedom and Democracy

Canadians should be more concerned over the erosion of democratic values here at home.

As Biden and Trump Prepare for the First Debate, the Stakes Couldn't be Higher

Despite conventional wisdom, the real threat to American democracy is not Donald Trump, but the nightly violence, riots and mayhem in the streets of U.S. cities.

First-ever Planet May Have Been Found in Another Galaxy

Similar to what I wrote about in Void Vast Infinite.

Zoom Author Reading—Lawrence Winkler

Coming at you... The Next Casebook of Doctor Sababa.

How to Vaccinate a Planet

What it will take to build the fastest inoculation program in history and defeat COVID-19.