China trashing the global environment.
Saturday, 15 April 2023
Friday, 14 April 2023
Thursday, 13 April 2023
Bates College Mandates ‘Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism’ Curriculum
After a lengthy debate, Bates College is will mandate that students fulfill a graduation requirement on race and privilege.
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
The Outrageous Hypocrisy Of Those Labour Attack Ads
Labour councils turned a blind eye to grooming gangs. The party is in no position to lecture others on tackling child abuse.
The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution.
Monday, 10 April 2023
The Empty Basket
Economics is the language of power and affects us all. What can we do to improve its impoverished menu of ideas?
The Case Against ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’
Canada’s assisted-death law seems connected to the atomization of our society—as much a symptom of inhumanity as a cause.
Online Shopping In The Middle Of The Ocean
E-commerce giants don’t reliably deliver to the remote islands of French Polynesia, so locals made their own online shopping service.
Sunday, 9 April 2023
The Hunt For BC’s Most Notorious Fisherman
Scott Steer made a career flouting Canada’s commercial fishing laws and the officers who enforce them. One dreary night in Vancouver, it all caught up to him.
Man of Culture
A bacterium found on a remote Pacific island first became the obsession of a Punjabi microbiologist. It then became a wonder drug that gave hope to millions around the world.
Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow: How a Dream Life Turned into a Nightmare
My husband started a cryptocurrency empire that made us rich. When he died, I learned it was just a facade.
America Doesn’t Know Tofu
China has spent millennia exploring the culinary possibilities of soybean curds. The West has barely scratched the surface.
The Limits of Forgiveness
It’s a process that unites wronged and wrongdoer in a plan of peace, and it seems a most useful virtue.