It is fashionable these days for political leaders to talk about cutting red tape and building fast. There is little discussion about what is being lost in the drive for rapid development of major projects. A closer look behind the scenes suggests citizens should hold up a “Slow Down” sign because they will pay for…
I didn’t expect to enjoy Wicked: for Good, the sequel to the original Wicked. I was skeptical about the need for yet another origin story of a misunderstood villain. Both musicals tell the backstory of Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz. Wicked is set…
There is a concept in Catholic Social Thought called “the principle of subsidiarity.” It’s a bit like the Reformed concept of “sphere sovereignty” but not exactly. The idea is that human dignity in all its richness is best served by a variety of communities – ranging from families to schools, neighbourhoods to churches – and…
On January 6, I had two long and separate Zoom calls with close Venezuelan friends. They offered differing perspectives on the state of the nation, though both were deeply disturbed by the United States of America’s military incursion on January 3, which resulted in the capture – or, as they both called it, kidnapping –…
On a recent spring course in Korea, I had the unique opportunity of visiting a variety of businesses and universities. A highlight of the trip was attending the 2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Expo in Seoul. I heard the same message over and over: AI is here to stay and is developing at a rate faster…
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), also called “gag orders” or “confidentiality agreements,” were originally designed to protect trade secrets and proprietary information. Emerging during the tech boom of the 1990s, NDAs served a legitimate purpose in Silicon Valley: keeping sensitive business information out of competitors’ hands. Over the past three decades, however, these agreements have spread far…
One of the overpasses along the Queen Elizabeth Way in southern Ontario is spray-painted with three short words: “They all lie.” Think about it: ‘They all lie.’ This anonymous graffiti-sociologist has captured the zeitgeist of our age profoundly. This epithet identifies a spirit that is fuelled by cynicism, suspicion, anger and even contempt. This spirit…
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria December 8 was easily the best political news of 2024. It was a moment of hope and freedom for Syria, and a moment of truth for the international powers that have created so much devastation in the region over the years. It is also a moment for…
As we enter the season when we remember the birth of the Christ Child, I feel called to live into the mystery of the Incarnation. Though I am a scientist, this is no contradiction. The reality science elucidates appears increasingly mysterious. How did light begin? A century ago, science gave us greater certainty. Einstein revised…
Americans have done it again. They have brought Donald J. Trump back to the White House after a hotly contested election campaign filled with plot twists worthy of an Agatha Christie novel. Who could have foreseen that President Joe Biden would bow out midstream and yield to his vice president, Kamala Harris? Who would have…
My home church has two pastors – one man, one woman. They’re not a married couple but two ordained ministers with different gifts and passions. I appreciate how they work together on sermon series, coming at a theme from multiple angles. I’m happy that kids in Hope Fellowship Christian Reformed Church (CRC) are hearing God’s…
In 2015, John G. Stackhouse Jr. left Regent College, a well-known graduate school of theology in Vancouver where he was a professor of theology and culture, for a new job at Crandall University in Moncton, N.B., where he became a professor of religion. For some, Stackhouse’s departure from Regent was a mystery; why would a…
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