Trust is the quiet backbone of democracy. When people believe elections are run fairly, they accept results even when their side loses. But that trust is not guaranteed to last, and a new McGill-led study suggests it may be eroding in Canada—not across the board, but in ways that follow political fault lines. The research, led by Mathieu Lavigne of the Media Ecosystem Observatory at McGill University, found that right-leaning Canadians and supporters of the Conservative Party and the People’s Party have become noticeably less confident in election administration since 2019. This is a significant shift in a country where…

It is a peculiar human impulse to worship at the altar of the perfect number, to believe that a string of zeros and a single digit can somehow capture the poetry, pain, and violence that define a career inside the squared circle. In the world of heavyweight boxing, that number has long been the siren song of 49-0, a record set by the incomparable Rocky Marciano and treated as the benchmark for all-time greatness. But leaning heavily on this arbitrary tally does a disservice to the men who have come so close, reducing their life’s work to a mere mathematical…