As a first move, this requires that they move beyond the confines of a two-party system, which deceptively lulls them into enjoying the illusions of choice in a self-insular matrix, to see a broader ...

Maryanne Demasi, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is an investigative medical reporter with a PhD in rheumatology, who writes for online media and top tiered medical journa ...

Children diagnosed with gender dysphoria-a condition defined by distress related to one's biological sex or associated gender roles-are increasingly being offered powerful medical interventions. These ...

The occasion of electing another Pope was a spectacle in time and, in many ways, outside it. It was the one rare occasion in the twenty-first century where ancient ceremony, the old boy network – many ...

Electric vehicles are being mandated in California, but Governor Newsom is oblivious to the fact that it's just another product that cannot exist without oil, as all the thousands of parts and ...

Climate change science is "settled," we are told by activists, politicians, media and official science bodies. It is our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) that is supposedly causing a climate crisis ...

One theory that is gaining traction is that Donald Trump caused this result. It’s an easy story to write, given some added credibility by the election result in Canada and doesn’t require tediously ...

There’s a great line from the comedy show Kath & Kim, where the very suburban Kim expresses her desire to be like affluent city people. “I want to be effluent Mum," she says. "You ARE effluent, Kim," ...

Since 2014, the Chinese and Russian central banks have tried to move out of US Treasury holdings, preferring the magic of gold. In 2022, the latter went so far as to link its currency, the ruble, to ...

While landlords in general are often begrudged, anybody owning more than one or two rentals is subject to even more venomous envy. (One gets the impression that someone who has a lot of rental ...

In the eternal tug-of-war between fairness and standards, fairness has developed a neat little trick: redefine the standard.