Robert Louis Stevenson finds enjoyment in the unpleasant.
Lawrence Winkler is a physician, traveler, and natural philosopher. His molecules have morphed from medicine to manuscript. He lives with Robyn on Vancouver Island and in New Zealand, tending their gardens and vineyards, and dreams.
Saturday, 4 December 2021
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.
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.
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.
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 Great Islamophobia Con
The Muslim Council of Britain’s latest report is a chilling attempt to crush public criticism of Islam.
Humans Are Doomed To Go Extinct
Habitat degradation, low genetic variation and declining fertility are setting Homo sapiens up for collapse.
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
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.
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.
