John Stackhouse
8 min read
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
3 min read
A Mild Rant about North American Education
It has been a very hard year for students everywhere, it seems, and in ways peculiar to each person. As I grade final papers, I am...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Keeping Up with the Windsors
One cannot avoid encountering the soon-to-be-no-longer-HRH Prince Harry, his wife Meghan, and their little boy Archie. They’re...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
“The Future Is Already Here…”
So says William Gibson, the American author who followed his wife to her native Vancouver and from there has spun out his tales of the...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Best Year Ever? Yes! And also…No
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has gotten a lot of attention recently for declaring that “This Has Been the Best Year Ever.”...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
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...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Are Christians in Exile? Not Yet
The end of the school year nears. The disastrous decision by the Prime Minister to attach the Canada Summer Jobs program to his personal...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Zombies, Fear, and Hope
We have finally reached “peak zombie.” Popular culture’s fascination with the cannibalistic undead has turned a corner and maybe, as show...