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The diploma divide: Political identity as a function of education
For decades, education has been a great social equalizer, or at least it pretended to be. Now, it’s a dividing line, as sharp as it is consequential. Today, those with college degrees lean left, while those without lean right. How did we get here?
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Canada’s budget deficit is at $61.9 billion. Now what?
Canada reported a $61.9 billion federal budget deficit in today’s Fall Economic Statement and we’re preparing for the political circus that’s about to ensue. Even before the release of the FES, Poilievre had already seized upon Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation this morning to pursue whatever was politically expedient. I believe his exact words were…
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Red hats and rhetoric: When fashion met ideology
Sometime between the invention of the baseball cap and the cultural phenomenon that is MAGA merchandise, the unthinkable happened: fashion and ideology collided. Yes, I’m talking about the infamous red “Make America Great Again” hat—a pedestrian product that became a lightning rod for modern political discourse.
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Why Kamala lost: America’s inopportune moment of self-revelation
The pundits are focusing on the wrong thing. Kamala’s 2024 campaign didn’t fail because of some strategic mishap. It’s something deeper.
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Trump’s tariff plan is objectively bad. Why are people supporting it? Messaging, that’s why.
There’s no need to litigate established fact. Tariffs are a bad idea. They’re the stuff of undeveloped economies that can’t compete on a global scale. Their anti-competitive nature sacrifices market efficiency to protect lagging domestic industry. Countries that impose tariffs typically see less competition and therefore increased prices for affected goods, because the protected industries…
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Own The Libs: Politics is the New Personality (Free Excerpt)
Trading personality for politics: What do we stand to lose? Memes. Mortifying merch. Malignant monopolies on policy and ideology. These are some of the most salient features of modern political discourse. Over the last decade, we have witnessed an equally fascinating and worrying shift in how people like you and me approach politics, and how…
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How to pronounce “processes”: An open letter to corporate types
The corporate world has not just invented language – it has also invented its own accent. Find out how to pronounce the word processes correctly, free from the influence of corporate culture.
JQCO.PhD 