In this war with Iran, everything is tightly bound up with discourse, with what is being said. The words of the United States, Israel, Iran and the Gulf states are increasingly diverging […]
The Canadian federal government’s response to repeated demands for bail reform has been ignored, resulting in offenders being able to reoffend within days, weeks or even minutes. And the Government’s handling of […]
Elizabeth Fry, a Quaker minister and prison reformer, visited Newgate prison in 1813 and was appalled by the conditions, leading to her campaign for prison reform. Her efforts resulted in the reform […]
The Spanish government has launched a “hatred and polarisation footprint” to monitor social media users. Monitoring “hate” is one of the hallmarks of a totalitarian regime. “The mix of moralism, technocracy and […]
Sleep deprivation damages your gut lining by triggering a brainstem-to-gut chain reaction that causes oxidative stress in intestinal stem cells, shrinking villi and weakening digestive defences. Beneficial gut bacteria decline rapidly after […]
The current “renewable” energy policy is in a head-on collision with physics. The physics of gradient, density and land use are the starting point for understanding why, writes Richard Lyon. Chapter 1: […]
An 18-year-old transgender teenager in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, is alleged to have used AI model ChatGPT in the run-up to a February 10 school shooting that killed eight people, including her […]