How an obnoxious subset of their fan base led me away from the Tragically Hip, and Gord Downie brought me back. 

The author of Children of Paradise on a decade of reporting on Iran, history as a story of ideas, and the importance of understanding the events in foreign countries on their own terms.

There can be fantastic narrative dissonance when conflicting elements clash.

Building a network through the fog of depression can feel impossible. Now, more and more people are going online to fill gaps in our mental health care system. 

How the seminal series became a masterwork in scoring teen angst, one lawn-twirl at a time.

On the 25th anniversary of the release of The Black Album, an appraisal of how Metallica's Post-Good era helped secure its legacy as the greatest American band of all time.