Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Gunplay

The history of gun violence.



The Coast of Death

From shipwrecks to Couto Mixto, Galicia has long been home to contraband.



Pope Francis Hits Out At ‘Selfish’ Couples Who Have Pets Instead Of Children

As he calls for parents to have more offspring.



Leonard Lights Up The Night Sky

Astrophotographer captures newly-discovered comet in extraordinary detail.



Is This The End Of Progressive America?

Multiple fronts of resistance are taking shape.



My Doctor Dumped Me. Here’s Why That’s So Common

Forced to search for a scarce primary care physician or nurse, I joined 700,000 British Columbians without one.



University Offers Professors $3000

To ‘redesign’ courses with social justice, ‘anti-racist’ content.





U.S. Adversaries

Are becoming South American conquistadores.



Too Woke To Travel Write?

Perhaps a little less introspection will see a renaissance of the troubled genre.



The Hell of ‘Zero Covid’

China shows just how dangerous public-health fanaticism can become.



Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Crossing the Sahara in the Fourteenth Century

How to make the trip from Sijilmasa to Oualata, circa 1352.



Tameness Kills

Why island species were so vulnerable to extinction.



NASA’s Webb Telescope Takes Flight

A gift to astronomers everywhere.





U.S. Defeats Canada In First Dispute Under New North American Trade Pact

The issue is dairy. U.S. says Canada not fairly implementing changes it promised, and could face tariffs.



The Year in Cheer

192 ways the world got better in 2021.



‘Artificial Sun’ Hits Record Temperature

China’s clean energy experiment reaches temperature five times hotter than the Sun.



Lockdown Has Destroyed The Australian Spirit

This once easy-going country has become illiberal, mistrustful and divided.



We Must Acknowledge Reality

Canada needs private healthcare.



Monday, 3 January 2022

Africa in Lisbon

The legacy of the world’s largest slave trade.



Land of Sacred Waters

The quests and trades that flow from the Ganges.



Seven Lost Artistic Masterpieces

That were found in 2021.



China’s Grand Plan

To take over the world.




Speaking Freely

Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.



Students Made To ‘Fake Play’ Instruments

For Covid ‘safety.’




Pakistan: Muslim Insists 7Up Bottle Bears Muhammad’s Name

Threatens to burn delivery truck.



China Mines Social Media Sites

To equip its military agencies with data on Western targets.



‘Moronic Woke Judges’

Bernier slams decision to drop basic math test for new Ontario teachers.



Major Quebec Hospital Postpones Half of Surgeries, Appointments

Due to COVID-19 spike.




Where American-Style ‘Wokeness’ Is Infecting Europe

Phenomenon ‘demands an orthodoxy of opinion and punishes dissenting ideas.’



No More Childbirths At Alberta Hospital

 Due to lack of staff.



Overserved, Underrated

A witty and erudite homage to alcohol concedes its drawbacks but makes the case for its social—and civilizational—utility.



Monster Crab

Takes on Australian golfers at Christmas Island.



What Lies Beneath

The secrets of France’s top serial killer expert.



The Poet

She escaped a crazed psychopath at 16. Decades later, as the BTK serial killer terrorizes Wichita, she has to run for her life again. The identity of her tormentor is too chilling to believe.