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Of all the things my children may one day say of me, the one I most wish for is perhaps too positive a description for them to ever utter. It would also require plagiarism, which is something we in this house do not believe in. In this…

Last Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order making English the official language of the United States, ending 249 years of the country not having any official language, a designation the U.S. shared with only Mexico and the Pacific…

THESSALONIKI, GREECE ― Following a short jet-lagged nap, 34-year-old stock broker Rowan Goulding of Oshawa effectuated a Google search for “best restaurants near me.” Within moments, he was forced to, with the help of Google Translate,…

No one wants to write out S-E-X anymore. In response to online content moderation policies that disincentivize certain words, a growing number of social media users — mostly young people on TikTok — are choosing to use the replacement terms…

Image CreditFDRLST/Canva The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “criminal” as “one who has committed a crime.” The people sworn to represent you and your interests, on the other hand, want to use the newly introduced House…

Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly stated that the Nazis were socialists because their name is a shorthand for National Socialists. This is despite the fact that the Nazis rather infamously imprisoned and murdered thousands of people for the…

MONTRÉAL – The government of Québec has confirmed that inspectors from the Office Québécois de la Langue Française have been monitoring conversations at a local hospital to ensure that patients dying in an underfunded healthcare system were…

During a fundraiser celebrating the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, President Biden referred to Japan, China, and Russia as “xenophobic.” “You know, one of the reasons why our economy is growing is … because…

Would you support a law protecting healthy minors from life-altering injections and amputations, side effects of which may include infertility, cancer, sexual dysfunction, and heart trouble? Would you support a law that makes it a crime for…

In keeping with the tone of the rest of the corporate media, features writer for New York Magazine’s Intelligencer Eric Levitz tripped over himself over the weekend to label the reports that Israeli babies were decapitated an…