James Wilt
Politics
The Anti-Semitic Roots of Canadian Conservatives’ ‘Foreign Funded Radicals’ Attacks
The phrase has often been thrown at environmental groups by conservatives. But there’s a disturbing subtext in this line of attack.
James Wilt
2.6.19
Politics
Winnipeg’s Sad, Weird City Election
It’s not just Toronto that is having a crisis in ideas.
James Wilt
10.22.18
Alcohol
It Was Only When I Quit Drinking That I Realized How Bad It Was For Me
Maybe some of us need pictures of liver cirrhosis on bottles of gin.
James Wilt
1.16.18
Views My Own
In My Experience, Evangelicalism Has Always Been About the Dollar Bills
Churches are increasingly run like mega-corporations. Is it so much to ask to provide measurable community services?
James Wilt
10.20.17
Indigenous issues
An Indigenous Blockade in Winnipeg Is Halting Deforestation Efforts
Activists have held up construction on private property and surprisingly, they have the law on their side.
James Wilt
8.1.17
Film
Climate Catastrophe Films Are Fairy Tales For Moral Wimps
Hollywood wants to pretend like it’s not rich people that are to blame.
James Wilt
7.12.17
Canada 150
High-Speed Rail Is One of Canada’s Biggest Failures
You can blame both Prime Minister Trudeaus for this one.
James Wilt
6.26.17
Opinion
Your ‘Minimalist’ Lifestyle Is Quasi-Religious Anti-Poor Bullshit
A PSA for anyone who has ever scoffed at Black Friday shoppers.
James Wilt
5.21.17
prisons
The invisible disability caught in Canada’s prison system
There’s a push to change how Canada locks up people diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
James Wilt
5.3.17
column
Nuclear Power, You're Our Only Hope
[Slowly backs out of the environmentalist room.]
James Wilt
5.2.17
Weed Week
Growing Weed Is Pretty Bad for the Environment
The problems go way beyond the amount of water and electricity needed for marijuana crops.
James Wilt
4.18.17
teens
Confessions of a Teenage Christian Metalcore Superfan
It's tough to overstate the genre's role in the life of a socially and sexually anxious white evangelical male teen.
James Wilt
4.4.17
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