Michael Coren

London

20 books (12 languages/7 bestsellers). Toronto Star/Globe & Mail/TVO/Oldie/New Statesman/Telegraph/Premier Mag/ipaper/Times/Church Times. 4 children. Bald. THFC

Featured in: Favicon

msn.com

independent.co.uk Favicon

cbc.ca

nydailynews.com Favicon

yahoo.com (+7) Favicon

bmj.com

scientificamerican.com Favicon

stuff.co.nz Favicon

thestar.com Favicon

theglobeandmail.com + 108 more

Articles

Escrever uma carta para ser lida no futuro é uma das mais poderosas acções climáticas

1 week ago | publico.pt | Michael Coren

Ouça este artigo 00:00 07:15 Exclusivo Gostaria de Ouvir? Assine já Durante anos, investigadores e activistas acreditaram que explicar a ciência das alterações climáticas tinha o poder de levar os decisores políticos e os cidadãos a travar o fenómeno. Não foi isso que aconteceu.
Writing to the future is one of the most powerful climate actions you can take

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Coren

Writing to the future is one of the most powerful climate actions you can take (washingtonpost.com) Writing to the future is one of the most powerful climate actions you can take By Michael J. Coren 2025042910004000 For years, researchers and activists believed explaining the science of climate change had the power to rouse policymakers and the public to stop it. It hasn't worked out that way.
The low-maintenance, eco-friendly lawn that will still impress your neighbors

2 weeks ago | theoaklandpress.com | Michael Coren

By Michael J. CorenThe Washington PostThis year, a Tasmanian yard that hadn’t been watered in 10 years and featured a dead brushtail possum won the title of ugliest lawn in the world. The contest, organized by the island of Gotland in Sweden, rewards those who turn over their yards to nature to save water and change the world’s perception of the ideal lawn. It also raises an important question: Who wants an ugly lawn, really?
Opinion: As a priest, here’s what I’d say to Donald Trump on Easter

3 weeks ago | theglobeandmail.com | Michael Coren
Easter can be a time of reflection for us all

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Michael Coren
The day Roald Dahl first revealed his antisemitism to me

4 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Michael Coren
This 1929 massacre is key to understanding Israel

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Michael Coren

Many years ago, I wrote a thesis on pre-state violence and conflict in Israel. The project involved several months in Israel, Jordan and Egypt interviewing people from all sides who had witnessed events first-hand. One deliciously cool evening in east Jerusalem I sat with two elderly men, one Jewish and one Palestinian, who seemed angrier with their respective leaders than with each other. Suddenly the Israeli said to me: “It’s all about Hebron in 1929 you know.
This 1929 massacre is key to understanding Israel

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Coren
All of Christianity must wake up to Luther’s legacy of hate - The Jewish Chronicle

1 month ago | thejc.com | Michael Coren

He wrote that the Jews were “base, whoring people, that is, no people of God, and their boast of lineage, circumcision, and law must be accounted as filth”. His morbid obsession continued for the rest of his life, and one of his final sermons concerned what he called a “final warning against the Jews”. Luther was far from unique in his Christian antisemitism, that grotesquely paradoxical birth defect of the church, but the violence and obscenity of his words are extraordinary.
Canada and US are close, but worlds apart

2 months ago | churchtimes.co.uk | Michael Coren

I AM British born and bred, but live in Canada because of love. Thirty-nine years ago, I was asked to give a lecture at a convention at the University of Toronto. At the post-conference party, a beautiful young woman approached me, explained how much she’d enjoyed my paper, and then said, “You’re amazing.” Thinking this would never happen again, I married her.