Canada is not immune to its own scientific dark agesBefore Canada gets too smug about its openness to science, it’s worth remembering our own history of being on the wrong side of scientific thinking
The death of democracy in TurkeyAdnan R. Khan reports from Turkey on the disputed referendum and the dangerous rise of the cult of President Erdogan
There’s nothing moral about a morality pillWe can’t even agree on what morality requires, so designing a morality pill is a conceptually impossible task, writes ethicist Daniel Munro
Canadians are googling ’housing bubble’ like madWhat people search for on Google is a good indicator of public sentiment, and right now Canadians are fixated on housing bubbles
A bad trip: Legalizing pot is about raceWe know Aboriginal and black people are overrepresented in prisons for drug charges, but it’s time for a clearer picture of just how bad the situation is
How will the provinces sell pot?Ottawa’s bill to legalize weed leaves the provinces with hard questions about how to sell the drug. Here’s what some have planned so far.
The PBO will suffer under the Trudeau government’s new rulesProposed changes to the PBO could drastically restrict its effectiveness and the ability of opposition parties to hold the government to account
Why Donald Trump will always be at warAmericans live as if they’re constantly at war, constantly under some degree of threat, and therefore always at the ready to defend themselves
How public officials got into the weed gamePublic servants and former politicians are buying into legal pot, raising concerns of cronyism and conflict of interest
Three key questions on legalizing marijuana, answered (sort of)Top federal Liberals on what the provinces will do, whether new impaired driving rules are constitutional, and how pot taxes will be handled