Politics beyond the political
Engaging with others is one of the most valuable ways we can contribute to political life. It means to take seriously living in a community with other people, and the impact that can have on people.
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The top 10 non-Christmassy Christmas movies
These are the movies to watch—after the mandatory viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Scrooge—while there is still sherry in the decanter and dishes or guests to avoid.
Canada's shifting stance on China was the most important public policy development of 2022
The Trudeau government’s commitment to a new, more hawkish policy vis-à-vis China should be viewed as a major shift in strategy from engagement to a new, more circumscribed, and realist position.
Three items on Canada's Christmas wish list to fix our health care crisis
All we need for Christmas is for politicians to tell us what they believe about health care, tell us what they think is the biggest problem, and show us what only they can do.
Putin is this century's Stalin
A novelist and police officer with extensive international experience, Chuck Konkel knows a villain when he sees one. Vladimir Putin is following the same path as his Russian predecessor and 20th-century monster, Josef Stalin, he believes.
Detractors of Ford plan must offer alternative solutions to Ontario’s housing crisis
The government’s new legislation, while imperfect, is a good step towards more housing development, which is key to increased affordability. However, if its reforms fall short and no one offers a viable alternative, Ontario will not achieve its housing targets.
Mass-produced doesn't always mean mediocre: Two great bargain wine buys for the holidays
While small, boutique wines are sold for the biggest bucks, that doesn’t mean that the larger, more popular, and mass-produced brands are inherently terrible. It is, in fact, possible to get a great-tasting wine at a reasonable price.
There is nothing inevitable about the future: On AI and the race to replace humanity
New AI technologies are tools, and ones which we ourselves can decide to use or not, and how. Whatever the consequences of these developments, if we want a more human-centered future then we must insist upon it.
ChatGPT's emergence offers the hope of a more productive future
The real story here is ChatGPT’s potential to help us extract ourselves from the secular stagnation that has come to manifest itself in stagnate living standards, collective pessimism about the future, and growing political polarization.
The Conservatives are offering a serious response to Canada’s opioid crisis
Conservative principles have produced recovery-oriented policies and serious results in the face of our national crisis. It’s a shame that the state of our political and (politicized) medical discourse has left little space for these contributions.
