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NYC’s noble experiment

It’s part of a journalist’s job description to be an unflinching, rational observer in...

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What to do with the man who shot Gabrielle Giffords?

The hard case of Jared Lee Loughner adds a new chapter to the history of the insanity defence

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Artisan chocolate and social revolution

Colby Cosh explains what hipster candy bars, crazy beards and hucksterism have to do with the future of work

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Lowe and behold, Rob gets a bum rap from the ‘Peg

Does the fuss over Rob Lowe's Winnipeg tweet say more about him, or the city's defensive citizens?

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Maddon ’79 and baseball nostalgia

It’s the cleverest promotional idea in big-league baseball this year. And baseball, by the...

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RCTs: the next big thing in politics?

The British physician Ben Goldacre, whose 2008 book Bad Science pushed him into the...

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Honest Abe, off his rocker

For the record, Colby Cosh on some 'just plain weird' alternate-universe U.S. history

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It’s not ‘fracking!’ We call it ‘deep earth massage’

Alberta made a cameo on the justly popular Language Log linguistics website last week....

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Lennox the dog, sable martyr of Ulster

Lennox is dead. The black “pit bull type” canine became an internet sensation over...

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Signals, noise, and eco-disaster at Enbridge

“Learning about Enbridge’s poor handling of the rupture, you can’t help but think of...

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Xs of evil: America’s algebra crisis

Colby Cosh on why math stirs passions, raises fears, fuels debate

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The ACLU’s bid to save the Canadian on Death Row

Challenge to protocol means Albertan could die of old age before constitutionality of capital punishment is decided

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With friends like these, does Pussy Riot need enemies?

The verdict in Russia’s trial of feminist punk group Pussy Riot is expected this...

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Rep. Todd Akin: legitimately raped by liberal media

The real function of the rape hypothetical is to force the Todd Akins of the world to make their premises explicit

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The Cup is ours: a manifesto

The Stanley Cup belongs to Canada in a manner transcending book law

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Getting guns right, for what it’s worth

There is a natural law operating in Canadian media whereby the more knowledge you...

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Peter Lougheed, R.I.P.

Colby Cosh on the Lougheed mystique and its legacy

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Globe and Mail, or Cut and Paste?

In January, the Globe and Mail appointed longtime editor and correspondent Sylvia Stead its...

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The Wente scandal: a satisfactory resolution?

The Globe is giving us no practical indication whatsoever of how seriously it takes plagiarism

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The Boissoin human-rights case—10 years in

As a piece of comedy, the Red Deer preacher's letter to the 'Advocate' has held up surprisingly well

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