What’s the Yiddish Word for Comeback?
From adult classes to popular web series, the language of exile could be going mainstream
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Why Academics Revel in Bad Writing
The profession’s taste for tortured verbiage comes from a desire to be taken seriously. But does it matter if no one actually reads their work?
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Can Police Help Solve the Opioid Epidemic?
In the US, some police departments are sending people with addiction to rehab rather than arresting them. But it could be doing more harm than good
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Carly Rae Jepsen Hasn’t Earned Your Scholarly Scrutiny
Contemporary culture writers warp their subjects out of proportion by applying more gravitas than is warranted by the source material
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The Unbearable Whiteness of CanLit
Black writers are not marginal to our literature; they are our literature. So why aren’t they being taught?
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When Canadian Politicians Talk to US Media
As NAFTA negotiations start, Canadian political parties must find a way to debate publicly without calling each other traitors
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What My Father’s Death Taught Me about Poetry
Between something and nothing, poems—and life—find their meaning
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The Canadian Narrative about Slavery Is Wrong
Casting ourselves as the “saviours” of African American fugitives fits neatly into our national identity. But this country, too, was founded on exploitation
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When Death Is a Choice
As medically assisted dying becomes a reality, one man picks his final day
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Omar Khadr and Canada’s War on Terror
As Trudeau’s Liberals consider sending troops back to Afghanistan, we need to consider whether the use of “hard power” has made Canadians any safer
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