In 1926, eccentric lawyer Charles Vance Millar left behind a legal trap: a massive estate awarded to the Toronto mother who birthed the most children in ten years. Unpack the …
Think grocery store barcodes reveal hidden pricing codes or country of origin? Discover what those 12 digits really mean, why PLU sticker myths persist, and how retail barcodes actually work.
In 1919, a 50-foot tank ruptured in Boston, releasing a 35 mph wave of molasses that killed 21 people. Discover the chilling combination of non-Newtonian fluid dynamics, winter weather, and …
In 2006, I posted John Giorno’s poem Just Say No to Family Values on this site with a one-line introduction and stepped aside. Twenty years later, Giorno is gone — …
Meet Marina A. Calder, a Canadian political essayist known for her forensic and morally ferocious critique of institutions. We discuss her adversarial approach to power, why she rejects neutrality, and …
Scientism as religion: why abandoning faith for materialism simply replaces one belief system with another—and why science alone isn’t enough.
Financial literacy is framed as empowerment, but it masks systemic inequality, shifting blame to individuals while poverty is structurally engineered.
Canada thrives under Carney’s realism; Poilievre’s theatrics risk replacing governance with spectacle and noise.
I went to an AI image generator and entered the prompt “Donald Trump”. That’s it, that’s all. No other words – no further instructions.
How a single tweet from Speaker Mike Johnson ignited a storm of outrage, misinformation, and partisan theater over who really gets paid for care.
If I had a nickel for every time, during a debate, someone pulled the fact that they hold a degree in the very field being debated as a defence to …
Here’s my two cents on the whole Donald Trump running for the Presidency thing: There’s three things that you need to keep in mind: Donald Trump is currently, at this …
