The Jan. 31 edition of the Economist tells a depressing story of the academy in peril. An instructor of an introductory philosophy course at Texas A&M University — one of America’s largest post-secondaries — faced reassignment unless he excluded Plato from his reading list; another professor at the same school was dismissed for discussing gender fluidity; and 200 courses are under administrative review for prohibited content. At the University of Texas at Austin, 40 per cent of faculty reported being pressured to make changes to their curricula, and the university’s faculty council, elected to advise the administration on academic matters, was dissolved last year. Read More

It was interesting to read Corey Balsam's op-ed complaining that he and NDP leader Avi Lewis are being accused of gaslighting Jews by criticizing Israel and Zionism. The gist of his argument seems to be that neither criticism constitutes antisemitism. In fact, his essay goes a long way to proving the accusation. Read More

The big appeal for me of the Winter Olympics is the biathlon. That combination of cross-country skiing and riflery is a civilian adaptation of Scandinavian military training that needs only the addition of beer to fully evoke my old memories of cold-weather shenanigans in the high country of northern Arizona. But indulging my nostalgia is an expensive endeavour that dwindling ranks of taxpayers around the world are willing to shoulder. While the Olympic Games make for occasionally interesting spectacles, they’re primarily exercises in expensive nationalistic chest-beating that interest fewer potential hosts and spectators than in the past. Read More

Seventy-one per cent of Canadians agree with B.C. Premier David Eby’s recent statement that “to go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that, and that word is treason,” according to a new poll from Canada Pulse Insights. Read More

In August 2022, with a lukewarm Guinness in hand, I brokered a quiet deal that would upend provincial politics in British Columbia. In a kitchy Irish pub in downtown Vancouver, I introduced newly independent MLA John Rustad to Conservative Party of B.C. executive director Angelo Isidorou, one of the principal architects behind the party’s rebranding and insurgent revival.  Read More

Anti-Trump Canadianism is pouring out of our Facebook feeds, TikTok reels and even the old-fashioned medium of long-form books. But is there anything substantive in this? If Trump goes away, will the same people who now profess their undying maple-syrup love for our homeland stick around? Read More

The Canadian government’s response to the 20-year sentence imposed on Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is the first test of the government’s new “pragmatic engagement” with China. Read More

Australia's Prime Minister said Tuesday he was "devastated" by scenes of clashes at a Sydney rally against a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, but defended the police's actions against protesters. Read More

President Donald Trump said he would start negotiations with Canada over a bridge project to connect Michigan and Ontario, threatening to block its opening until the U.S. was given adequate compensation and owned “half of this asset.” Read More

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has embraced the role of "good cop" in Canada's trade turmoil with the United States, but she's not exactly playing nice with neighbouring U.S. state Montana amidst a brewing electricity dispute.  Read More

MILAN — There was almost a fight off the opening face-off. Read More

LOS ANGELES -- Meta and Google-owned YouTube "engineered addiction" in children, a lawyer for the plaintiff said on Monday as a landmark trial on the effects of social media on minors began in earnest in a California court. Read More

MILAN — The sea of orange, all Dutch fans, present in the Milano Speed Skating Stadium already was pumped to see their country finally win a medal in speedskating, a sport it excels at. And their country’s big star, Jutta Leerdam, was just the one to do it. Read More

They weren’t kidding when they said that the Olympic hockey arena in Milan was going to have some issues. Read More

In a bid to repair broken trust in policing, an Ontario-wide integrity and corruption review of all of the province's police services is being launched after last week’s arrests of seven Toronto police officers accused of corruption linked to violent organized crime. Read More

Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell refused on Monday to answer questions from a U.S. congressional committee, invoking her legal right against self-incrimination, lawmakers said. Read More

MILAN — Long after time had expired for an historic game in her adopted sporting country, Laura Fortino — the Italian-Canadian from Hamilton, Ont. — was locked in an embrace with teammate Marta Mazzocchi that seemingly wasn't going to end. Read More

Canadian figure skaters might not have made it to the podium in the team competition at the Milan-Cortina Games -- they finished in fifth -- but they made an impression and some even made a name for themselves on the international stage. Read More

The draconian 20 year imprisonment of Hong Kong dissident and newspaper-owner Jimmy Lai, effectively a death sentence, is a reminder that if we are going to get into bed with China we should be aware that we are soiled by association. Read More

The Epstein files are threatening to bring down not the U.S. president who was once his buddy but a prime minister who never met the disgraced financier and sex trafficker. Read More

MILAN — Short-track speedskater William Dandjinou isn't shy to admit he hopes to bring back five gold medals to Canada — and inspire an entire nation in the process. Read More

OTTAWA — A federal judge took the exceptional step of revoking a Canadian man's citizenship after it was discovered that he helped lead a Guatemalan military unit that committed unspeakable monstrosities and massacred a village of 200 in Guatemala over 40 years ago. Read More

Cuba is at risk of losing vital airline service as it prepares to run out of aviation fuel, while an allied nation cut off an important escape valve for migrants amid increasing pressure from the US aimed at toppling the regime in Havana. Read More

When it comes to reasons to ask for an extension on a homework assignment, this one ranks far better than the classic “my dog ate it.” Read More