The High Cost of Crime

Oregon County loses $1 billion as residents flee lawless Portland.

The Land Beyond the Drug War

Every state in America has a fentanyl problem, but only Oregon has decriminalized drugs and sent hundreds of millions in legal-weed tax dollars to organizations that are trying to heal people. In Portland and a rural county nearby, there is both chaos and hope.

Dinner Theater and Loathing in Baptist Vegas

Branson, Missouri, is touted as a wholesome, family-friendly tourist destination where dinner-and-a-show thrives. But here, everyone’s trying to sell you more than just a ticket.

The Great Libraries of Rome

Passersby could wander at will into grand public libraries in imperial Rome. Could they trust what they found inside?

New Zealand Medical Care

Patients waiting up to 4 weeks to see a GP, while half of clinics in urban centres are ‘full.’

John Milton

Why read him?

Vikings

Why should they be diverse?

New York’s Incomplete Crime Picture

Though shootings and murders in the city are down, the amount of unreported or unrecorded crime—like rampant package theft—remains immense.

Language of Fungi

Derived from their electrical spiking activity. Original article.

Mushrooms Communicate With Each Other

Using up to 50 ‘words.’

Canada’s Health-Care Crisis

Surgery backlogs, staff shortages, no family doctor.

 

South Africa

Potential election kingmaker leads stadium in white genocide chant.

The Rise of Violent Crime

In Canada.

How Carbon Colossus China Dwarfs Britain’s Net Zero Push

The world’s biggest polluter pumps out carbon dioxide 33 times higher than Britain.

Trans Activist Calls for All Children

To be put on puberty blockers.

 

Canadian Households Get Left Behind

As real disposable income falls.

UBC Professor Advocates Exposing ‘Little Children’ To Adult Genitalia

To prepare them for transsexuals in their locker rooms.

Book Habits

29 rules for reading. 

Canada’s ‘Free’ Health-Care System

Is broken.

California’s War on Math

The new California Mathematics Framework promises to minimize racial inequity at the expense of mathematical excellence.

South Africa

Willing slave of the New Nazis.

‘FatCon’ Features Therapist

Who blames ‘fatphobia’ on white supremacy.

A Surprising Dearth of Spectacled Bears

Real and legendary bears in pre-Columbian South America.