Saturday, 15 April 2023

‘There Is No Fish in the Waters’

China trashing the global environment.




Kenya Chess

Male player dons disguise to compete as woman.



China Orders A.I. Chatbots

To ‘Reflect the Core Values of Socialism.’



Liberals’ Controversial Online Streaming Bill

Could soon be law




The Rise of the Progressive Aristocracy

Inside the assault on meritocracy.



A Public Servant Stood Up for Sex-Based Rights at a Gender Workshop

And paid the price.



When the Darien Gap Is Overrun

What happens?



Everything I, An Italian, Thought I Knew About Italian Food Is Wrong

From panettone to tiramisu, many ‘classics’ are recent inventions.



When Did Hospitality Get So Hostile?

In a new era of rage, dining out has become downright volatile.



Thursday, 13 April 2023

It’s Dam (Removal) Time

Inside California’s Klamath River dam removal project, the largest in US history.




Why Are Americans Getting Dumber?

IQ scores are nosediving after a long increase.



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.




The British Library Does Not Need Trigger Warnings

Librarians are insulting the intelligence of the reading public.



The New Elite Is In Complete Denial

The not-so-liberal establishment refuses to acknowledge its own power.



A Life Of Splendid Uselessness

Is a life well lived.



The Wonderfully Awful Empty Suit Named Kamala Harris

America’s worst vice president pushes riot politics in Tennessee.



The Rise Of The Mob And The New Woke Crusades

Punch-throwing, placard-waving, obscene-chanting rabbles are shutting down free speech.



Tuesday, 11 April 2023

The Shameful Silence On The West Bank Massacre

Three British women were slaughtered by a terrorist, and the British elites look the other way.



The Soul of Swedes

On the contested state of Swedish cultural identity.



DEI In Colleges

This is the real cost.




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.



Trans Ideology Is Destroying The University

Gender-critical academics have become the enemy within.



The Bodies Keep The Score

In Lviv.



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



Cancer Patients Harmed By Ongoing Treatment Delays

At New Zealand’s Southern Health Board.



Twitter Is Blowing Up With Videos

Of this trans dancer who was admitted to the Royal Academy of Dance.



The Latest Version Of ChatGPT

Just passed the US medical licensing exam.



Notes From An Author

Paul Theroux reflects on the evolving nature of rail travel.



Whole Foods Closes in Downtown San Francisco

After 1 year due to crime.



Baroque, Purple, and Beautiful: In Praise of the Long, Complicated Sentence

We need to reconsider our definitions of good style.



Monday, 10 April 2023

Leaked Chinese Document

Reveals plan to ‘unleash’ coronaviruses.




About BBC Funding

Elon Musk is right.


 

This Tibetan-Canadian Has Been Sounding The Alarm On Chinese Interference For Years

Canadians need to think more critically about what we're getting out of relationships with China.



The Empty Basket

Economics is the language of power and affects us all. What can we do to improve its impoverished menu of ideas?



Forget Trump or the Convoy

Leftists are the real threat.



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.



Declared Extinct

The Yaghan rise in the Land of Fire.



Sunday, 9 April 2023

A Cage by Another Name

A stay in temporary housing can be harmful to people’s physical, mental, and social health.



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.



There Is No Such Thing As Italian Food

Italy’s cuisine has long been defined by foreign flavours



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.



While America Burns, Xi Jinping’s Plot To Dominate The World Is Quietly Succeeding

Everywhere you look, China is advancing while the West is distracted by trivialities.



On AI

 And the intrinsic value of writing.