BooksOur ancient ancestors may have been more civilized than we areA new book offers a version of history in which we lived for thousands of years in large and complex societies without kings or cops
BooksThe American West was even wilder than we thinkHistorian and author Mark A. Lause contends the cowboys of the mythic American West were more diverse—and downtrodden—than we realize
ArtsFor Canada 150, architects should aim for solutions, not landmarksCanada’s centennial spurred a slew of architectural glories. But 50 years later, a truly great monument would be a design for a better country
CultureFor top cultural jobs, Canadians need not applyMany of Canada’s biggest arts institutions are now run by foreigners. Is that so bad?
BooksA Thatcherite’s obituary for the European UnionA cleverly Brexit-timed release from London School of Economics professor John R. Gillingham
ArtsJFK as you’ve never heard himAn opera about an American icon by a Medicine Hat native opens in Fort Worth
CultureWhat an opera review spiked by the National Post really tells usA critic on the incident that has the international music world in a flap—and the troubling truth about art criticism in our times
BooksThis is the new ’brain belt’Cities in the economically depressed rust belt of North America are reinventing themselves with new technology
BooksRemembering when architecture predicted the future’Last Futures’ yearns for a time when we used architecture to imagine better futures for everyone, not just paying customers