The Eruption

Of tribalism in the digital age.

The Greatest Traveler You’ve Never Heard Of

J.R. Harris is one of the most prolific solo hikers the world has ever seen. But he’d never tell you that himself.

Why Fusion Will Never Happen

Not because it can’t, because it won’t. 

Scholars Push For DEI

At mathematics education conference.

Scholars work at ‘Decolonizing Light’

To combat ‘colonialism in contemporary physics.’

5,000 Tourists Stranded Near Machu Picchu

As Peru rocked by protests.

‘Comply Or It’s Going To Be A Serious Backlash’

Activist demanding $800,000 for every black resident issues warning to California’s reparations task force.

Deadly Chapter In Butch And Sundance’s Escape To South America

Killing of officer in Chilean town of Antofagasta set in motion events that led to pair’s death in shootout with Bolivian soldiers.

Manifesto For The Weary

Can rest be radical?

Canada’s Health-Care Wait Times

Hit record high of 27.4 weeks.

Shamima Begum Is A Traitor, Not A Victim

Save your tears for the true victims of the ISIS death cult.

Fake News Friday

Elon Musk triggers the Canadian left.

The Funk of Poverty

My poverty is the most dangerous kind of poverty. It is religious. This is what I know, what my family and community know.

Why We Need Space Ethicists

We have the opportunity to make our way into this untrammeled territory with reverence and cautious discovery-making, not conquest and claims-making.

Sailors Provided With Bottled Water

After lead contamination concerns on new Arctic patrol ships.

Trudeau Declares ‘Canada Is A Place Of FREE Expression’

And is immediately ridiculed for some reason.

How Books Built The World

 Papyrus by Irene Vallejo review.  

From Bowling Alone to Posting Alone

Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone chronicled the growing loneliness and isolation of wealthy societies. Twenty years later, the problem is far worse than he could have imagined.

The Cowardice Of Today’s Liberalism

Courage can now only be found at liberalism’s margins, not in its urban and suburban enjoyments.

Promised Land

How South Africa’s black farmers were set up to fail.

The Murky Path To Becoming a New York Times Best Seller

Publishing insiders tell Esquire why they find ‘the list’ so frustrating—turns out, it's a data project full of contradictions.

Startling Ways China Is Challenging the US

The threats to American power are both subtle and extraordinary.

Hillary Clinton

Awarded honorary Canadian medical license.

Putting Out Fires

A night in the life of a Portland, Oregon, cop.

A Computer Can Now Write Your College Essay

Maybe better than you can.

Skate Canada Changes Ice Dance And Pairs Rules

To allow any 2 skaters to compete together at domestic events.

‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ Has Gotten Out Of Hand

America is obsessed with happiness — and it’s making us miserable.

Arcadia

It might be a piece of paradise, a refuge from urban mayhem – but can a garden embody something deeper and wilder?

Japan’s Whiskey Rebellion

From the remnants of his family’s shuttered distillery, one man makes a name for himself in Japan’s soaring whisky industry.

In Kyoto, Feeling Forever Foreign

Travel writer Pico Iyer remains both fascinated and puzzled by the ancient Japanese city.

Ladies’ Night

Circling the bases on Okinawa.

Sweet Bitter Blues

In Japan.

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga.

The Accident on the Pacific Crest Trail

There are as many dangers on the Pacific Crest Trail as there are breathtaking views. One young man began the 2,650-mile hike with dreams of wild adventure and personal transformation. He never made it home.

A Universal Cancer Treatment?

A medicine that disrupts the DNA replication of cancer cells may be within reach.

Terminal Tenderness in Canada’s Healthcare System

Canadians kill with kindness.

Who Knew?

Healthcare workers blame government, incompetent administrators for crisis.

Approved

Canadian disabled man’s euthanasia request due to poverty.

 

A Fusion Breakthrough

That could change the world.

A Century of Serious Difficulty

Reflecting on three monumental works of modernism—James Joyce’s Ulysses, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus—a hundred years on.

‘Biological Strip Malls’ Have Taken Over the Planet

Human activity is making ecosystems around the world look the same.

The Great Canadian Baking Show Is a Pile of Wet Dough

The CBC promised a homemade alternative to The Great British Bake Off. The show we got has nothing meaningful to say about the country.

The Tyranny Of Time

The clock is a useful social tool, but it is also deeply political. 

What Is Elon Musk?

And how is it possible that he could emerge from his Twitter debacle more culturally dominant than ever?

The More We Talk About It, The Less We Seem To Understand It

The hidden story of the British Empire.

Canada’s Assisted Dying Catastrophe

Is a warning to Britain.

‘Cuba Is Depopulating’

Largest exodus yet threatens country’s future.

Lady Chatterley Isn’t Sexy

D.H. Lawrence didn’t champion the sexual revolution.

Thriving on Mars

Dust storms, long distances and freezing temperatures make living on Mars magnificently challenging. How will we do it?

How To Become Wise

Practice is at the heart of Korean philosophy. In order to lead a good life, hone your daily rituals of self-cultivation.