Woke Up Like This: Why the Anti-Woke Movement Needs a Nap
Look, I get it. “Woke” is annoying. Not the meaning—just the word. Like “moist” or “synergy,” it triggers something visceral. It’s everywhere. It’s in corporate hashtags, on reusable coffee cups, and occasionally screamed by your uncle who thinks Greta Thunberg is a sleeper agent sent by George Soros and Beyoncé.
But while you’re frothing at the mouth about Dr. Seuss being “cancelled,” may I humbly suggest: maybe, just maybe, the anti-woke movement is the real problem?
Let’s rewind.
Maple Syrup, Minority Government, and Mark Carney: Canada Votes Weird Again
So, in news that feels like the plot of a low-stakes political rom-com, Canada has voted. Again. And just when it seemed like the Liberals were heading straight to the graveyard of political irrelevance, they rose from the ashes like a maple-scented phoenix and… won. Their secret weapon? Not charisma. Not policy. Not even poutine-based […]
Is Trump a Dictator? No… But He’s Definitely Flirting With It
Let me start with a disclaimer, America: I don’t want to call Trump a dictator. I know what that looks like. I spent most of my life under Robert Gabriel Mugabe—Zimbabwe’s one-man monopoly on power, inflation, and televised rants. That man could turn a press conference into a TED Talk on autocracy and get away […]
Is Trump Actually Backing Down from the Tariffs?
In what can only be described as the most Trumpian of reversals, the former president seems to have executed a sudden pirouette on his once-beloved tariff policy. After months of gloating about the success of his trade wars, it looks like Donald J. Trump might be backpedaling faster than a high-speed chase in a getaway […]
Taxed, Then Untaxed: South Africa’s VAT Rollercoaster and the DA’s Selective Amnesia
So, picture this: You’re halfway through your grocery run, your basket’s already brimming with budget-friendly trauma, and then the news drops like a potato in a no-bag zone—South Africa is hiking VAT. You look at your 2-minute noodles, your bread, your imposter cheese, and think, “They wouldn’t dare.” Oh, but they did. And then—surprise!—they un-did. […]
Pope Francis: The End of an Era and the Sacred Search for a New Leader
Well, folks, it’s official: Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, has passed away. If you’re reading this while clutching your rosary beads or trying to recall that one time you attended mass back in your childhood, you’re not alone. The world is mourning the loss of a man who brought a […]
Tariffs, Tantrums, and Tofu: Why Everyone is Paying for America’s Daddy Issues
It seems like every day we wake up to yet another trade dispute, tariff slap, or global spat. If you’ve been following the news recently — and who hasn’t, given the existential dread we all seem to be marinating in — you’ve probably heard the words tariff and trade war being thrown around like a […]
