Love Song to Costco

In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough.

What The Mississippi Delta Teaches Me About Home—And Hope

Finding struggle and resilience on a road trip through the birthplace of the blues.

Disabled Canadian Army Veteran Paralympian Blasts Government For Offering To Euthanize Her

When she complained about how long it was taking to install stairlift at her home.

Searching for Robert Johnson

In the seven decades since his mysterious death, bluesman Robert Johnson’s legend has grown.

32 Species of Harlequin Frogs Were Found in Ecuador

That we thought were extinct.

At Canadian Universities, Race and Gender Quotas Have Become a Way of Life

In their recruitment efforts, some schools now flat-out exclude white males who don’t self-identify as disabled or LGBT.

Priest Advocates Porn for Overstressed Clergy

Priests like Fr. Backhaus are no longer rare exceptions in the Church.

‘It’s The First Time I've Seen This in China’

On the ground in Shanghai, where young people, born after the Tiananmen Square Massacre, are fed up and fighting back against the CCP.

Switzerland Plans To Ban Electric Cars From The Roads

And order games consoles turned off during power shortages in a bid to reduce energy consumption.

Leo Strauss

And the closed society.

Tofu Won’t Save The Planet

It might be right-on but it isn’t green.

The Weak Novel

An inappropriate, indispensable form.

Russkies Whack ‘Race-Baiting’ Pope Francis

Perhaps they’re most upset that in a remarkable new interview the pope still wouldn’t mention Vladimir Putin by name.

British Medical Journal

Says white supremacy causes doctor burnout.

San Francisco Becomes First US city To Allow Police Robots To Kill Suspects

Remote controlled machines will be able to administer deadly force following an emotionally charged debate.

‘Zombie Virus’ Discovered

After being trapped in Siberian permafrost for nearly 50,000 years.

Eating Well Is a Portal Into Proust’s ‘In Search of Lost Time’

Proust loved not only food, but writing food.

Quentin Tarantino and Bob Dylan Essentially Wrote the Same Book

One writes as acutely as his best critics. The other’s a different story.

The Forgotten Genius of Compton Mackenzie

The long-lost writer emancipated the English novel.

San Francisco’s Self-Cleaning Public Toilets Make Me Afraid For The Future

The Parisian bathroom gave provided an immersive experience you never want to have.

New York City to Remove Mentally Ill People From Streets Against Their Will

About time.

The Incredible Courage Of The Chinese Protesters

It’s high time we in the West reckoned with our own brush with Covid tyranny.

In The Studio With Presidential Candidate Kanye West

He stormed out after 20 minutes.

San Francisco Rolls Out The Red Carpet For A New Public Toilet

It breaks down after three days.

Texas Company Wins Grant

To 3D-print moon bases.

CNN Claims That Daylight Savings Time

‘Disproportionately impacts people of colour.’

Tardy Trudeau Shows Contempt

Again.

When Journalists Become Speech Police

Too many in the media now seek to neuter free expression in the name of saving it.

Speaking The Truth In Class Is Enough To Get An Educator Cancelled

As this B.C. teacher found out.

Justin Trudeau in Wonderland

His testimony on why he suspended truckers’ civil liberties was ludicrously evasive.

Beware the ‘Storification’ of the Internet

We all need a lesson in close reading and a dose of skepticism—especially online.

The Toxic History of Color

For all of human history, our species have used both natural and synthetic dyes—but have we taken our obsession with colour to an extreme?

Is Moore’s Law Really Dead?

A postmortem on ‘Cramming More Components Onto Integrated Circuits’—the most influential article of the 20th century.

Why Brussels Sprouts Taste Better Than They Did When You Were A Kid

Your tastebuds don’t deceive you: Brussels sprouts actually taste better than they used to.

Space Is for Machines. Earth Is for People

A new program plans to send people to the moon again. Here’s why they shouldn’t go.

Experiment in Chaos

Oregon’s decriminalization of drug possession is proving disastrous.