The Long Road to Aquitaine In the fifth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the conclusion to the Visigoths’ four-decade quest for a permanent homeland. Herbert Bushman 21 Nov 2023 · 13 min read
Concealed Carry For more than five centuries, the humble pocket has changed the way we equip ourselves to face the world. Virginia Postrel 17 Nov 2023 · 7 min read
Humanism and Its Discontents Humanism aspires to ethical universalism but in practice it is defined by what it opposes and excludes. Robert Huddleston 16 Nov 2023 · 10 min read
The Great Napoleonic Novel “It’s a sin to want to die for a nation.” Josh Allan 16 Nov 2023 · 8 min read
Anti-Enlightenment Thinking, Past and Present The Enlightenment was as remarkable as it was unexpected, but it led directly to the benefits we enjoy today. Adam Wakeling 15 Nov 2023 · 9 min read
United Against the Iroquois In the fourteenth instalment of his series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes Champlain’s military alliance with France’s new Innu, Algonquin, and Wendat trading partners. Greg Koabel 13 Nov 2023 · 24 min read
Joseph Boyden Isn’t Indigenous. But his Historical Fiction Is Still Worth Reading The author’s widely celebrated 2013 novel, ‘The Orenda,’ helped educate Canadians about their country’s colonial roots. It shouldn’t be cast into literary oblivion just because Boyden misrepresented his ancestry. Andy Lamey 11 Nov 2023 · 34 min read
The Kind of Man Your Mother Warned You About Why women love true crime. Robert King 6 Nov 2023 · 10 min read
Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda There is a new contender for the most effective weapon in the propaganda wars: photorealistic, generative AI art. Julia Friedman 3 Nov 2023 · 8 min read
A Roman Trauma In the fourth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the Visigothic sack of Rome in 410 C.E. Herbert Bushman 1 Nov 2023 · 17 min read
An Eye for the Jugular A new documentary looks back on the life and work of satirist, novelist, and New Journalist, Tom Wolfe. Thomas Doherty 27 Oct 2023 · 11 min read
Betraying Their Maverick Roots, Fringe Festivals Have Become Ideological Gatekeepers A former artistic director of the Nanaimo Fringe Festival describes how transgender activists engineered her ouster. Bryony Dixon 24 Oct 2023 · 10 min read
British and Black Contemporary antiracism imposes an American framework that distorts our understanding of racial issues in different countries. Ralph Leonard 20 Oct 2023 · 12 min read
Champlain Goes to War In the thirteenth instalment of our series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes the crucial battlefield alliance that French explorers forged with Indigenous allies in 1609. Greg Koabel 19 Oct 2023 · 26 min read
The Extraordinary Life of Tom Nash “The deep end is the best place to learn to swim.” Iona Italia 17 Oct 2023 · 19 min read
