John Stackhouse
- 8 min
As the Pandemic Continues…
With the omicron variant stirring things up in new ways, we face the discouraging prospect of moving back into more restrictions as Year...
John Stackhouse
- 4 min
Cracks in the Darwinist Wall
Maverick computer scientist David Gelernter set off a grenade in the faculty dining room last spring. His essay, “Giving Up Darwin,”...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
Will Science Save Us? From What?
[This was originally posted in March 2019] The late neurologist and bestselling author Oliver Sacks—he wrote The Man Who Mistook His Wife...
John Stackhouse
- 2 min
Climate Change? Well, for Starters…
A friend of mine, who has recently taken a job on behalf of a political party on the left side of Canada’s political spectrum, asked me...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
Lightsails, Aliens, and the Greatest Discovery Ever
By now, you have probably heard of Oumuamua (Hawaiian for “scout”), the interstellar object hurtling out of our solar system past the...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
How are we doing?
“Not too bad.” That’s the common reply on the prairies to a friendly “How are you?” It’s also common out here in my new home in the...