Why, O why, did she ever accept this demeaning role? At the premiere of her new film at the Berlinale International Film Festival in Germany, Dame Emma Thompson, 62, revealed that Good Luck To You, Leo Grande was probably the most difficult role of her career. In the film, which The Guardian describes as a “charming comedy”, she plays […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the truckers out for antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia. Huh? Freedom Convoy protesters open up about standing for their beliefs Two weeks ago, the “Freedom Convoy” began in earnest, with thousands of truckers from every province crossing Canada’s icy highways to take their grievances over vaccine mandates […]
The ivermectin controversy has sparked a wider debate about medical freedom. A new bill recently introduced in New Hampshire would allow residents to get ivermectin from pharmacies without first getting a prescription or approval from a doctor. The legislation, titled House Bill 1022, is still in committee, but the state House of Representatives is slated to […]
Everyone at the Beijing Winter Olympics is expected to download an app to track their health. What else is it tracking? On this date, Feb. 6 of 1936, the Winter Olympics opened in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria — the last time both the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same country in the same year. […]
Public health advice has not caught up with the latest research. Allegations that “masks work” and “don’t cause harm” have been enforced by governments and corporations around the world for more than 18 months through arrests, firings, censorship, fines, and denial of access to schools, supermarkets, hospitals, streets, and other public spaces. This has made it virtually impossible for many people to live without […]
Only time will tell if Rogan’s critics have the last laugh and see him gone completely. Comedian Joe Rogan is the biggest name in podcasting. His show, the Joe Rogan Experience, attracts an estimated 11 million listeners per episode. Since 2020, Spotify has enjoyed an exclusive deal with JRE for an estimated US$100 million. With three to […]
If you want to be healthy and happy, should you live in an Amish community or in New York City? In the 1400s the printing press revolutionized Europe, enabling mass distribution of printed material fast. The Reformation roiled Europe in the 1500s, in no small measure due to Gutenberg’s invention. In the wake of Martin Luther […]
An American sociologist crunched the numbers and came up with surprising conclusions. Fifty-five-year-old Chris Butler told the BBC yesterday that he had suffered years of trauma after “gay conversion therapy” when he was 19. Church elders handed him over to men who pinned him to the floor, placed a huge Bible on his head, and […]
Allegations made against Benedict XVI have to be placed in the context of the times. The tragic saga of sexual abuses of minors committed by Catholic priests never seems to end. The latest episode in a story that is damaging, perhaps irreparably, the image of the Church is a report commissioned by the German Archdiocese […]
A recent Australian study revives interest in a largely discredited theory. When it was released in 2011, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” was the hottest song of the year, topping the charts in 25 countries. It became a gay anthem, with its message that “No matter gay, straight, or bi’, lesbian, transgender life / I’m […]
Social media is fuelling a trans pandemic. TRIGGER WARNING. GRAPHIC IMAGES The irony should not be lost on us that a trigger warning is required for an article written for adults about what their kids are watching on the internet. But in the age of social media and trans mass hysteria, this is where we […]
Sick of intellectual corruption, the world’s best-known psychologist abandons academia. “I recently resigned from my position as full tenured professor at the University of Toronto,” Jordan Peterson wrote in a bombshell op-ed for the National Post last week. The Rockstar psychologist’s fame long ago outgrew the halls of Canada’s oldest college, where he has researched and lectured since the […]
Vaccination has become such a sensitive issue it easily triggers the instinct to shame others. Unvaccinated mother, 27, dies with coronavirus as her father calls for fines for people who refuse jab. This is the kind of headline you may have seen over the past year, an example highlighting public shaming of unvaccinated people who die of […]
The President has doubled down on a false and demonizing caricature of Trump’s followers. At least until this past week, it was still reasonable to dream that a president elected as a unifier could bring the left and the right in America a bit closer together by asking each recognize a measure of sincerity and […]
An American mother mourns the loss of her nerdy teenager in the transgender tsunami. Do you know why it matters whether you use a 1.85:1 aspect ratio or a 2.39:1 aspect ratio? I don’t, because I refuse to learn. This is a long-running discussion in my marriage. My husband seems very insistent that the distinction […]