Opinion | Canada, the World Cup, and an Ethical Dilemma
The Canadian men's soccer team is finally good. Here's why that puts fans in a tough position.
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Dune: In the Crosshairs of Representation and Science-Fiction
A critical and commercial success in the age of a feeble film industry bloated with recycled narratives and characters, Dune satisfied the dreams of a fanbase who had suffered through decades of failed adaptations and galvanized an audience…
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The Extreme Difficulty of Diplomatically Resolving the Ethiopian War
The unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Tigray is shaped by Ethiopia's secessionist past and ethnic federalism. As the year-long war intensifies, the international community is still hoping for a window of opportunity for diplomacy, but…
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Increasing Our Capacity for Care: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Exposed Quebec’s Long-Term Care Crisis
Despite the available medical knowledge, provincial governments were slow to effectively implement preventative methods and manage the outbreak of the pandemic. As a country renowned for its healthcare system, this failure to protect…
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Long Bastions of Colonialism, Museums Face Reckoning Over Stolen Art
By refusing to give back the stolen art, European museums continue to keep the heritage and culture of other people hostage. They deny the dispossessed rightful access to their own history.
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Opinion | A Love Letter to the Internet
Wordle is specifically designed to use only three to five minutes of your day, offering no additional levels or means of stimulation. Furthermore, the site collects the bare minimum of data necessary from you — only cookies that remember…
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The End of an Era: Why Hollywood as We Know It Is Over
Whatever the case may be, the resounding consensus is that Hollywood as we know it is no longer functioning in the age of easily accessible, easily digestible media.
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MIR Meets: Richard Hanania
Host Blaise Brosnan sits down with Richard Hanania, founder of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. They discuss the unitary actor model, state capacity, and the developing situation along the Russia-Ukraine border.
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Forgetting Ferdinand Marcos: The Dangers of Historical Revisionism
The failures of the elite democracy that returned in 1986, such as unsuccessfully addressing ongoing corruption and inequality, have nurtured disillusionment amongst the populace that lends itself towards a more sympathetic view of the…
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MIR Meets: Freddie deBoer
Host Blaise Brosnan sits down with Substack writer and Marxist Freddie deBoer, to discuss the merits of meritocracy, the polarization in our present-day culture war, and America's education system.
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