India Hospitals Overwhelmed

By ‘tsunami’ of COVID-19 cases.

Foot Binding in China

How Christians ended the practice.

Basque Chocolatiers

Recreate ‘Guernica’ in show of skill and cultural pride.

What They Wrote About the War

That form of politics, anti-democratic and authoritarian, Mann considers the sole guarantor of a burgherly way of life.

The Truth About Lying

You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.

Where Life is Normal

Just outside of city centers the pandemic is hardly visible.

Burnaby School District Bans Crazy Hair Days

For causing offence.

Proof of Terroir

Researchers dig deep into Argentine Malbec.

How to Think Like a Detective

The best detectives seem to have almost supernatural insight, but their cognitive toolkit is one that anybody can use. 

Marxism and Buddhism

Life is suffering, whether you sit under a Bodhi Tree or stand with the workers. But do the two schools agree on the remedy?

The Dark Side of Our Age of Fitness

A new book explores the link between neoliberalism and working out. 

Eating Just One Medium Mushroom a Day

Can reduce your risk of cancer by 45%...

America’s Smug Elite Is Harming Our Kids

The push to decouple skepticism from science turns schoolchildren into victims.

The US Government Has $6 Trillion in Assets

And $130 trillion in unfunded liabilities.

Data on Excess Deaths in Canada

Is months behind almost every other country in MLI Covid Misery Index.

Trudeau is Spending Like It’s His Birthday

More cake anyone? How about another scoop of ice cream?

Amazon to Let Whole Foods Shoppers Pay

With a swipe of their palm.

‘The System Has Collapsed’

India’s descent into Covid hell.

Mount Everest Sees Its First Covid-19 Infection

Forcing climbers to quarantine at base camp.

Australia Cancels

Controversial ‘Belt and Road’ deals with China.

The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be Ruining the Planet

The biomass industry is warming up the South’s economy, but many experts worry it’s doing the same to the climate. Will the Biden Administration embrace it, or cut it loose?

Whatever Works

Louis Menand’s pragmatic liberalism.

‘If We Don’t Adapt, We Will Wither Away’

Louis Menand on how the university came to absorb all of culture — and what happens next.

Is the Astra-Zeneca Vaccine

Killing people?

Fines Will Be Issued

If you leave your health region in BC, starting Friday.

Saint Jacinda

Has the shine come off?

Richard Dawkins

Gets cancelled by the humanists.

Vaccinated New Yorkers

Turn out for free joints. 

Mathematics for Gamblers

If philosophers and mathematicians struggle with probability, can gamblers really hope to grasp their losing game?

As ICUs Fill Up, Doctors Confront Grim Choice of Who Gets Life-saving Care

Ontario’s protocol for critical-care triage worries disability rights advocates.

What It’s Like

To read Thucydides in 2021.

The Past Is a Southern County

A new critical biography of William Faulkner.

A Federal Budget For You?

No, it’s out to crush the NDP and shame Conservatives.

Erin Who?

Main rival to Canada’s Trudeau struggling to win voters’ attention as election looms.

Trudeau’s Stimulus Push

Runs into trouble with economy heating up.

Canada

No country for young men.

Government Policy to Blame?

Rhea Tregebov on how amending a 2012 ‘fair dealing’ provision could help secure a brighter future for authors.

A Chain of Miracles

And the sea goddess of Okuki.

Amid Surging Cases and 'Double Mutant' Variants, Flights From India Touch Down in Canada

India’s Ministry of Health and Welfare reports there are currently 1.9 million active cases of COVID-19 in the country.

China and Artificial Intelligence

China has made technological strides in the AI field. Should that be viewed as a threat?

Protecting Property From Vandalism

Is racist, per NY Times.

Australia Opens Travel Bubble

With New Zealand.

Armed Checkpoints Appear

Along Ontario-Manitoba border.

Canada’s COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

Are an inept, deadly failure.

Liberal Privilege Is The Most Dangerous Type

It must be nice to never get forced to answer for your failed policies, destructive riots, fake narratives, and slandering your opposition.

Estonian Capital Closes Road

So breeding frogs and toads can cross.

The Abiding Scandal of College Admissions

The process has become an intrusive and morally presumptuous inquisition of an applicant’s soul.

Minds Without Brains?

The promise and peril of artificial intelligence.

New Zealand Just Passed a Climate Change Law

 That no other country’s dared to tackle.

The Weak Case for Grit

Where’s the evidence that grit predicts success?