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It's Time to Retire "Zionism"

Israel exists. It is a fact of life. Like death, taxes, and gravity. On that matter at least, the world should move on, and we would do well not to engage in rhetorical battles we have already won.

What We Think About When We Think About MAID

Talking about Medical Assistance in Dying ("MAID") is divisive, emotionally charged, and extremely personal. Discussing it is scary, riddled with pitfall traps, and likely to offend people. So naturally, I want to dig into it. For many Canadians, just thinking about this topic is a no fly zone.

An Open Letter to The Hub: Take the Media Subsidies

Sean, Rudyard, The Hub has tied itself into a knot on these media subsidies. On your podcast to subscribers and fellows today, you asked, quite candidly, what do your most invested stakeholders think you should do: How to untangle the knot? The visceral tension makes total sense, if we examine

Copper Handcuffs: Why Young Canadians Are Staying Stuck in Dead-End Jobs

They're copper handcuffs, and you might already be wearing them.

You Are Already Obsolete. SOMA Told You So in 2015.

The question that Simon Jarrett spends a whole game trying to answer: what exactly is it that I have to offer, now that the thing I built can persist without me?

Machine Learning Explained - The Quiet Revolution Reshaping Everything

Machine learning is already shaping your loan approvals, cancer screenings, and credit card security. Here's a plain-language breakdown of how it works — and why it matters to you.

Joe Bowen Is Retiring. Here's What Leafs Fans Are Really Losing.

Hockey is not like football or baseball with individual assignments and constant timeouts. There's too much going on. You need creativity, you need the passion. For the Leafs, Joe Bowen was the last vestige of that passion.

Power and Control: The State of the Iran War

The U.S. has demonstrated unmatched military power, but are there limits to what that power can actually achieve? Matthew Pollishuke explains the state of global affairs at this critical juncture in the war in Iran.

Who Won the War in Iran?

To suggest Iran is winning requires fully ignoring among other salient facts, that the supreme leader is dead, its new Ayatollah is reportedly incapacitated, its military leadership has been eliminated, and its own civilians still don't have internet access. We're supposed to call that victory?

Should Crossing the Floor Be Allowed in Canada?

"This matters most of all because it erodes people's confidence in democracy. What is the point of voting for a party, or a person representing a party, if they can just switch teams whenever they'd like? For many, there is no point."

Canada's Sustainability Report Card Is in, and It's Not a Passing Grade

At its heart, this 2025 progress report is a tool for every Canadian. It acts like a mirror, showing the distance between the goals we have set and the progress we are making today. None of this is a reason to be cynical. Instead, it’s a reason for an honest conversation about our priorities.

Okamoto to Murakami: How Japan Conquered Baseball's Biggest Stage

Sixty years ago, a twenty-year-old hummed a pop song on his way to a Shea Stadium mound and changed baseball forever. This week, Kazuma Okamoto brings the next chapter to Toronto.

World Cup Qualifying Math

A deep dive into the qualifying math for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Italy Deserved the World Cup. FIFA's Format Robbed a Nation.

Italy went 7-1-2 in the toughest confederation in the world and still missed the World Cup. The problem isn't Italy. It's FIFA's broken format.