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Before 'Groundhog Day': The Time-Loop Novel that Started It All

On March 4th, the Ringer, a website that covers pop culture, featured an article entitled “We’re in a Time Loop of Time-Loop Movies.” Similar articles have appeared in many other pop-culture venues of late. Suddenly, time-loop stories seem to be everywhere. This month Hulu began streaming director Joe Carnahan’

Kevin Mims

18 Mar 2021 · 11 min read

The Campaign of Lies Against Journalist Jesse Singal—And Why It Matters

One of the odd-seeming aspects of progressive cancel culture is that many of the figures targeted by mobs aren’t especially conservative in their views.

Jonathan Kay

18 Mar 2021 · 13 min read

Standing on the Shoulders of Ogres

The aim of antenatal screening is to discourage the birth of people with severe disabilities.

Sean Welsh

16 Mar 2021 · 10 min read

Britain's Academic Free Speech Bill

Interference by external actors comprises any attempt by those outside the academy to encroach upon the free speech rights of university members.

Noah Carl

15 Mar 2021 · 13 min read

Science Goes Rogue

Science as a discipline is supposed to be based on empirical evidence.

Lawrence M. Krauss

14 Mar 2021 · 8 min read

Leaving Portland

Leaving was a relief but also a loss. There’s plenty to love about Portland.

Michael J. Totten

14 Mar 2021 · 22 min read

The Threat to Academic Freedom: From Anecdotes to Data

The moral community is now self-reproducing. It is also self-radicalising.

Eric Kaufmann

12 Mar 2021 · 24 min read

Replacing One Kind of ‘Conversion Therapy’ With Another

In many cases, therapists will disagree on the cause, as will the patient himself or herself.

James Esses

11 Mar 2021 · 7 min read

The Problem With Linking Censorship to Incitement

In any case, I do not share the view that to restrict speech necessarily diminishes the spread of ideas.

Claire Lehmann

10 Mar 2021 · 11 min read

The New Age of Empire—A Review

Andrews believes none of this. He is right in seeing that the United States is now the world’s foremost imperial nation—it dominated most of the 20th century, assuming the white man’s burden from the British and the French.

John Lloyd

10 Mar 2021 · 15 min read

The End of Pestilence

The COVID-19 vaccine development experience shows it is possible to produce safe and effective vaccines much faster than previously thought.

Matthew Lesh

10 Mar 2021 · 13 min read

Bunker Boy: Preparing for Apocalypse Since 1979

The film gave me nightmares and panic attacks. I did what I could with such difficult information.

Ewan Morrison

9 Mar 2021 · 12 min read

With Theatres Shuttered, I Tried to Stage a 'Zoom Play.' (It Didn't Work)

I once directed a classical musical—Anything Goes—at Canada’s Shaw Festival. But that’s the only play I’ve directed that was seen by a large audience.

Sky Gilbert

9 Mar 2021 · 8 min read

I Retired First

Our brains are driven to seek calmness as we age.

Gregory J. Beaupre

8 Mar 2021 · 13 min read

The Risk of Inflation

Consumer price inflation is a broad rise in prices of everyday goods, and is often driven by a notable increase in the broad money supply combined with limitations in key supply chains and scarcity of essential commodities.

Lyn Alden

7 Mar 2021 · 9 min read