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Alex Tesar

Alex Tesar is a writer and editor who lives in Halifax with his partner and their dog, Dr. Tony Spaghetti.
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Arts & Culture / November 2022

The Great Canadian Baking Show Is a Pile of Wet Dough

September 29, 2022October 3, 2022 - by Alex Tesar

The CBC promised a homemade alternative to The Great British Bake Off. The show we got has nothing meaningful to say about the country

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October 2019 / Politics

Voting with Our Feelings

September 19, 2019November 7, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

Democratic elections presume voters are capable of making rational, informed decisions. We’re not

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Uncategorized

How Indigenous Filmmakers Are Changing Contemporary Cinema

July 18, 2018October 11, 2019 - by Alex Tesar

For decades, Indigenous people have been calling for better representation on the big screen—and, in the process, making world class movies

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June 2017 / Science

Imagining Exoplanets

May 26, 2017April 6, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

Journeys to other worlds in an artist’s workshop

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Illustration by Mary Sanche
Environment / March 2017

Searching for Nova Scotia’s Phantom Cougars

February 24, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

Dozens of people report sightings of big cats in Atlantic Canada, but are their eyes playing tricks on them?

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Politics

Canadians Have Not Seen the End of Populism

February 3, 2017June 19, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

Kellie Leitch’s campaign manager has resigned, but it should not make us complacent

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Society

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Doomsday Clock

January 27, 2017January 23, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

Is our current apocalyptic thinking rational, or just a glitch of our brains?

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Society

Checking Facts in a Post-Truth World

November 17, 2016June 1, 2020 - by Alex Tesar

What does it mean when the top three search results for “Sweden multiculturalism” all lead to misinformation and hate?

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Gord Downie’s Path to Reconciliation

October 21, 2016October 23, 2019 - by Alex Tesar

The troubadour of white Canada has made coming to terms with our past his final mission

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Society

Cleveland Indians: So Racist, It Should Be Illegal?

October 17, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Alex Tesar

Legal rulings may help change offensive trademarks, but it’s up to the court of public opinion to settle the case

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