Saturday, 4 December 2021

‘Any Place Is Good Enough to Live a Life In’

Robert Louis Stevenson finds enjoyment in the unpleasant.



Rehearsing for Rebellion

On ‘Bella Ciao’ and Italy’s radical rice weeders.



The Webb Space Telescope Will Rewrite Cosmic History

If it works.



Zemmour Is The Future

Éric Zemmour is running for president in France. Americans should pay attention.



How China Is Colonising The Commonwealth

Countries once loyal to the Crown are kneeling to Beijing which is building its own empire and enslaving a million Uighurs.



Belgian Zoo

Says its two very runny-nosed hippos have COVID-19.



In Ontario Schools

NDP MPP introduces bill to recognize ‘systemic racism.’


 

HG Wells And The Human Animal

The visionary novelist sought to transform the world, but he could not escape its, or his own, dark irrationality.



Have You Considered Accountancy?

 How to start writing (and when to stop): Advice for writers.



Howdy, Partner

On the least erotic noun in the English language.



Kurt Gödel’s Loophole and Donald Trump’s Defiance

Enforcing the law is harder than it might seem when those having the law enforced against them have contempt for it.



Why Do Students Still Want Jordan Peterson To Tell Them How To Live?

I shadowed Peterson at two events in Oxford and Cambridge, where the anti-woke culture warrior received an unexpectedly warm welcome.



The Art of Losing

The end of the war in Afghanistan shows the danger of our commitment to perpetual optimism.




Frost at Midnight

A new, beautifully edited volume of Robert Frost’s letters finds him at the height of his artistic powers while suffering a series of losses almost unimaginable to the fortunate among us.



The Mystery Of Where Omicron Came From

And why it matters.



Record-breaking Trans Swimmer

Causes wave of outrage.



I’m Glad I’m Out

What is happening to my profession?



The Great Islamophobia Con

The Muslim Council of Britain’s latest report is a chilling attempt to crush public criticism of Islam.



The Great Nudge

Government, Big Tech and the media are all trying to nudge us into adopting the ‘right’ behaviour.



Beijing’s ‘New Blitzkrieg’ Strategy

 Surprise electromagnetic attack.



China Predicts Hollywood Will ‘Dig Its Own Grave’

With ‘political correctness.’



Humans Are Doomed To Go Extinct

Habitat degradation, low genetic variation and declining fertility are setting Homo sapiens up for collapse



The Escalating Costs Of Being Single In America

Why is life in this country so hostile to single people?



Sense and Saleability

How Amazon changed the way we read.



Canadian Airports Warn Of ‘Chaos’

Amid new COVID-19 testing rules.



Wednesday, 1 December 2021

How Is a Disaster Made?

Studying Hurricane Katrina as a discrete event is studying a fiction.



Sufferings Beyond Our Expressing

On the historic correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and Richard O’Brien, an American imprisoned in Algiers.



Jordan Peterson’s Triumphant Return

The university proctors rose to assert their traditional role in protecting the right of people to speak freely at the university. 



MI6 Boss Warns

Of China ‘debt traps and data traps.’




Oh Joy

World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say.



More Government Workers, Fewer Self-Employed

What that means for Canada’s economy.



‘Syrian Style’ Cafes

China’s new trend.



The Trudeau Liberals

Learn nothing and forget nothing.




The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Released A List

‘Offensive’ terms people should stop using.



COVID-19 Surgery Delays

Killed thousands of Canadians.



‘We Totally Stalked Them’

Teachers recruit kids into LGBTQ+ clubs.



The Left Is Wrong About Housing

Homeownership will never be as important as class.



Will New Zealand Ever Escape Zero Covid?

Jacinda Ardern risks enflaming civil unrest.



Urban Life On Mars?

Architects, designers, and scientists are imagining how Red Planet settlers might live—and hoping to find lessons for everyone back on Earth.