Captain Cook’s (Mis)adventures, Part 1

Reviewing the troublesome debate about the great mariner of imperial Britain. By Chris Lowry.

When Desires of a Certain Kind Just Won't Let Go

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The Better Angels of Our Nature

The how and why of the decrease in violence. By Steven

A local hero's calm power

By the sheer force of his talent, character and muted

The heartache of easy stupid violence

Guns . . . can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. An

Electoral Polls & The Machinery Behind the Curtain

Why the polling industry — and the media who are their

Little Windows: Our New Short Prose Series

A quartet of very short fiction pieces — framed imaginings

Ambulance chaser finally gets some respect

Ode to the pale rider's much-maligned sidekick. Join us in

Theft and Loss of Body and Soul

'I was buried deep on a wasted land with no berry tree.' A

Two-Wheel Human Limits test: The Back Stretch

Part 2 of our series about a top performance health expert

Two-Wheel Human Limits test: They're off!

On the fringes of the Sahara, a mountainous physical

End of an Era in Ecuador

More complicated than your usual South American political

What now? Share your reflections with us

A choir of discontent with reflections and thoughts of ways