Culture & Society Articles
Privacy a necessity for free people
John Carpay: Having governments spy on citizens is a great way to reduce crime! Consider how many more criminals would [...]
Pornocracy
Pornocracy: Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel (Polity, $36, 183 pages) In their introduction, Jo Bartosch, a journalist, and Robert Jessel, [...]
The war against dependence: women v. women’s bodies
Sarah Stilton, Review: The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto by Leah Libresco Sargeant (Notre Dame University Press, $37.95, 219 pages) Leah [...]
The future arrives with the Great Feminism
Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements At the end of last year Helen Andrews (whose book Boomers [...]
Alberta town bans pride flag, painted pride crosswalks
Interim Staff: On March 24, Didsbury, Albera, a town of just over 5000 population north of Calgary, voted to ban [...]
Can’t fix past racism with new racism
John Carpay: Is racism always wrong? In Canada in 2026, asking this question is not only fair, but necessary. A [...]
Transgender facts
Rory Leishman: Over the past decade, physicians have subjected tens of thousands of vulnerable, transsexual teenagers to puberty blockers, cross-sex [...]
Olympic village or Garden of Hedon
Are the Olympics the grandest stage of all for elite athletes, or a two-week festival of fornication and debauchery? Sadly, [...]
‘There are real medical consequences’: maternity care deficit in Canada, US
Tanis Cortens, Feature Writer: Over the past year, six Canadian hospitals have experienced decreases in maternity care availability. Peace Arch Hospital [...]
What it means to be human
Our cover story and editorial this month is about artificial intelligence (AI), and as the Marxists say, it is not [...]
The trouble with artificial intelligence: What is AI? What are its harms?
Paul Tuns: Artificial intelligence (AI) is celebrated by its boosters as a game-changing innovation that promises not merely greater efficiency [...]
AI (atrophy of intelligence)
Consider a first-year university student writing a paper at the end of the term. The task is daunting, and a [...]
Former school trustee loses human rights case, ordered to pay $750,000
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 18, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ordered Barry Neufeld, a former Chilliwack, British Columbia school trustee, [...]
CHP loses Hamilton sign battle
Interim Staff: On March 18, the Ontario Court of Appeals upheld a Superior Court decision in favour of the City [...]
Widespread expansion of personhood to animals and nature raises concerns
Tanis Cortens, Feature Writer: In 2025, two Peruvian municipalities passed ordinances giving legal rights to wild stingless bees from the [...]