TelevisionStar Trek: The lesser of the two starsThere’s a new Star Trek series on the way, but the franchise still takes a backseat to Star Wars. Here’s why.
TelevisionCo-starring . . . alcohol: Why there’s more drinking on TVTippling on television is on the rise, as a plot point and character-development tool
CultureCanada didn’t give John Oliver enough to work withThank goodness for Section 331—it helped make our election of actual interest to Americans, and everyone knows Canadians like that
LifeThe growing backlash against Southern kitschAs America’s politics and mood change, there’s a call to end the cultural myths of the American South
TelevisionSummiting peak TV: What’s so bad about too much television?We’ve hit ‘peak TV,’ with 400 scripted shows on the air. Everyone ready for the bubble to burst?
CanadaWho’s afraid of Miley Cyrus?Miley Cyrus visited Canada to protest the wolf cull and riled up the B.C. premier. But why do people get so annoyed at celebrities with causes?
TelevisionGame of Emmys: HBO’s big nightLast night’s winners, losers and what the Emmys tell us about the psychology of television right now
ArtsThe Mikado’s punishment doesn’t fit the crimeOutrage finally descends on Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular Orientalist operetta.
OttawaPerception shift: What Justin Trudeau won by losing his coolHis hair’s short, his manner tougher. The youth candidate has recast himself as an old-fashioned pol—with some unexpected results
MoviesTrumbo and the problem with films about Commie writersAnother movie about the blacklist dares to tell us that people shouldn’t be persecuted—as long as they are talented and don’t think anything that makes us uncomfortable