Chess v. Allah
Saudi Arabia’s top cleric frets that pushing pawns will make Muslims less pious. As a chess lover, I can’t say I blame him
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Money for Nothing
In discussion with Amanda Lang on whether The Big Short accurately depicts the 2008 financial crisis
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Charity Case
As Postmedia’s newspaper woes demonstrate, the free market can no longer guarantee the survival of high-quality journalism
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Thinking Man’s Balladeer
In an age of brain-dead glam rock, David Bowie taught a generation of confused adolescents how to feel heroic
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Seeing Lili Elbe
Two writers—one transexual, one not—debate their radically different reactions to The Danish Girl
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Why The Force Awakens Didn’t Do It for Me
A space opera must be earnest. But in this postmodern age of Internet memes, the earnest homage is dead
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The Last House before the Bridge
What addicts need most
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Fare Share
Uber is depriving taxi drivers of their livelihoods. Why are so many of us applauding?
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In Praise of Limousine Liberals
Mark Zuckerberg’s $45-billion bombshell was one of capitalism’s epic mic drops. If other plutocrats follow suit, they’ll transform the world
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A Vanity Tax to Soak the Rich
What better way to identify Bay Street’s top dog than for Ontario to auction off the TOPBROKR licence plate?
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