It’s hard to quarrel with that ancient justification of the free press: “America’s right to know.” It seems almost cruel to ask, ingenuously, “America’s right to know what, please? Science? […]
Archives for July 2025
The International Court of Justice’s statement on fossil fuels puts Carney in a tough spot
MICHAEL BYERS SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL, 2025 JULY 28 Michael Byers teaches global politics and international law at the University of British Columbia. Pay now, […]
I Just Don’t Want to Know – The Death of Curiosity
I Just Don’t Want to Know The Death of Curiosity “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has […]
USA withdraws from UNESCO
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed” – UNESCO Constitution, 1945. USA Withdraws from […]
Action when it matters
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when […]
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