Saturday, 12 October 2024

A (Partial) Defense of Travel Writing

Other lives, other times, other minds.




We Are in Need of Renaissance People

Modern society’s focus on credentials has created a two-tiered system, where multi-talented individuals are criticized, and elites oversee a dependent underclass.



On the Environmental and Philosophical Factors Behind Literary Creation

Deconstructing the ‘Writer’s Space.’



An Undulating Thrill

Once lauded as a wonder of the age, cocaine soon became the object of profound anxieties. What happened?



TMU Med School To Prioritize

‘Racialized’ or ‘equity-deserving’ applicants.




MAiD Doctor Laughs

After euthanizing 400 Canadians.



Canadian Euthanasia Doctor Takes Delight

In having killed hundreds through assisted suicide.



No Other Options

Newly revealed documents depict a Canadian euthanasia regime that efficiently ushers the vulnerable to a ‘beautiful’ death.



Kamala Harris

Is too stupid to be president.



TMU’s Diversity Doctor Program

 A new low for Canadian academia.



Monday, 7 October 2024

Main Character Syndrome

Why romanticizing your own life is philosophically dubious, setting up toxic narratives and an inability to truly love.




The Joy of Foraging

Offering an escape from industrial foods, foraging nourishes the soul and body, but it needs democratic access to the land.



‘Antiracism’ is Coming for Medical Science

A seemingly unquestionable premise is tearing apart medicine.



The Cult of Wellness

Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Inside the expensive, obsessive, addictive quest for a perfect life.



A Licence for Everything

British government creates mandatory chicken register.



The Food of Space Travel Could Be Based on Rocks

Scientists are studying whether future astronauts on deep-space journeys could transform compounds in asteroids into food.



On the Moral Status of Addicts

They have become a potent American metaphor.