Jacob Scheier
Jacob Scheier
KKK marching again in the USA
As a secular Jew, I never felt I had much to fear in terms of hate crimes until I saw the swastikas flying in Charlottesville Read more
A paranoid Canadian in Donald Trump's America
Can calling me a crazy kike now be considered within the bounds of social norms? Wouldn’t that be the patriotic thing to do? Read more
Jacob Scheier
At Republican National Convention, friendly racists astound
Mainstream media have been trying for months to unpack the psyche of Trump supporters – nearly every person I spoke with was on the one hand very friendly, and on the other really damn racist. Read more
Ben Spurr
The Ghomeshi effect
For some victims of violence, social media is becoming the place to find community justice outside the courts Read more
CanLit's continuum of abuse
Learning that men I've shared the same stage with and chatted with at readings have acted in abusive ways toward women is difficult to hear Read more
Zach Ruiter
Putting on the pressure for peace
Prominent figures support the movement, but is boycotting Israel really the key to ending the crisis in Gaza? Read more
If looks could kill
The attitudes Elliot Rodger expressed about women are extreme, but his sense of male entitlement to women's bodies is not just something he got from pick-up artists' websites Read more
Kathryn Gaitens
The trouble with Woody Allen
Nothing will change if we don't respond to allegations of abuse made by the vulnerable against the powerful Read more
No Christian conversion
I could almost hear my Marxist Jewish grandfather's ghostly whisper: “Hey, mashugana, what the fuck are you doing? Read more
Grave thoughts
Drinking coffee and chatting about the last thing most of us want to talk about Read more
Jacob Scheier
Queens Quay road test
I wouldn't mind construction taking twice as long if bike lanes could remain usable Read more
R. Jeanette Martin
Quebec protests: Not so Grand Prix
Playing cat and mouse with cops all F1 weekend turns out to be a giant bore Read more
Hostility and the Montreal protests
The casseroles present an alternative to the pepper-spraying police Read more
"Maplespreading" Quebec's student protests
Stretching the fight for access to education across Canada Read more
Paper Towns
Adaptation of John Green novel about high school love and obsession is understated and quietly moving Read more