What kind of political movement promises liberation from fiscal dependency by doubling down on the very structure that created the dependency? The Alberta Prosperity Project's push for a sovereignty referendum—signature collection opened January 3, 2026, with 177,732 needed by May 2—offers a case study in a political paradox worth taking seriously. Not because secession is … Continue reading The Self-Reversing Logic of Alberta’s Sovereignty Movement
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The Radiator Song
The nurse takes my typewriter at the front desk. She slides it into a cubby with my name on a card, the letters pressed so hard the paper dimples. My notebooks go in after it. Then my pens. She does this with a smile that doesn't reach past her bottom lip, and I watch her … Continue reading The Radiator Song
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