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The Conservative Divide and Logistical Barriers in Alberta鈥檚 Separation Movement

Alberta鈥檚 upcoming referendum on separation is more symbolic than practical, as legal, economic and political obstacles make independence nearly impossible. Online content-creation farms, divided opinions within the Conservative Party and... Read full article

Aliyah A. Omar - August 1, 2026

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Technology
From X-Ray Specs to AI-Powered Glasses: The End of Privacy?
by Ellis Cashmore
Economics and Finance
When AI Confuses the Central Banker
by Masaaki Yoshimori
Middle East News
For JD Vance, Blaming Israel Is Easier Than Admitting Iran Won
by Ali Omar Forozish
Climate change news
Summer in Europe: Hotter Than Yesterday, Colder Than Tomorrow
by Francesca Collu

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The Fall of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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FIFA World Cup: The Greatest Show on Earth

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique, Samantha Mendiguren

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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

by Ellis Cashmore

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Mediaphobia 鈥� A Timeline of Panic

by Ellis Cashmore

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The Indian Subcontinent鈥檚 Hindu鈥揗uslim Divide

by Pocket Dynamo, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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AI, Cheating and Teacher Trickery: Is This Modern Education?

Post-industrial education prizes outcomes over understanding, breeding cheating as a rational response to a system built on performance metrics. A...

Can Socrates Replace Lindsey Graham?

With 鈥渕ilitary Keynesianism,鈥� US foreign policy shifted from weighing war鈥檚 costs to calculating expected profits. The...

Time to Update Bacon鈥檚 Critique of Our 鈥淐orrupt Love of the Lie鈥�

Francis Bacon鈥檚 essay 鈥淥f Truth鈥� masks his own service to Elizabethan surveillance and political deception. Security...

Will the Gen Z-Fueled CJP Achieve What It Set Out To Do?

Education reform campaigner Sonam Wangchuk鈥檚 20-day hunger strike and forceful...

by Vasavi Seethepalli

The Dialectic: The Mayflower Legacy: A New Telling of the Old Story of America

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

Graft Rules: Trump, His Family and His Friends Take Their Cut

by Larry Beck

Lindsey Graham: Requiem for a War Racketeer

by Peter Isackson

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FO Podcasts: Why Narcoterrorism Still Matters

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Atul Singh and Jeffrey James Higgins examine how narcoterrorism combines organized crime, insurgency and geopolitical conflict. They discuss the rise of synthetic opioids and how cartels in Latin America increasingly resemble paramilitary organizations capable of challenging state authority. Should...

by Jeffrey James Higgins & Atul Singh

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