Europe Needs AI. Canada Has the
Power.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · SOVEREIGNTY · CANADA-EUROPE RELATIONS
July 1, 2026
The lesson of the last month is not that America will stop
building the best artificial intelligence. It is that the best
artificial intelligence may no longer be available on ordinary
commercial terms.
That changes the problem for America’s allies. Europe and Canada
don’t need to beat Silicon Valley or China at every AI benchmark.
They need to make sure their hospitals, banks, manufacturers,
universities, governments, defense contractors and startups can
still use advanced intelligence when Washington or Beijing says
no.
That kind of independence won’t begin with a manifesto. It will…
The Permission-Slip Presidency
Comes for AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
July 1, 2026
The U.S. government is
restricting access to advanced
AI models, prioritizing trusted
partners and national security…
The AI Scarlet Letter
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
June 22, 2026
Universities increasingly treat
AI use as cheating, fostering
distrust and stigma, while
employers expect AI fluency,
creating conflicting pressures.
Monday, 10 a.m.
A UCLA student sits for an
online final with a camera
watching, a mirror behind her,
and her arms positioned so the
professor can see she is not
secretly consulting a machine.¹…
Return to Sender
POLITICS
June 23, 2026
The Postal Service’s proposed
ballot-mail rule would require
new voter data checks, risking
delays and rejected absentee…
More Money, Fewer Things
HOUSEHOLD SPENDING · INCOME INEQUALITY
June 3, 2026
Despite national economic
growth and job gains, many…
Swamscot Brewing
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April 22, 2026
Squamscot Old Fashioned
Beverages, a Newfields, New…
The New Math of Dinner
FOOD CULTURE · RESTAURANTS
March 25, 2026
Rising and uneven food prices
are reshaping dinner choices,
with high-cost items like beef
and seafood becoming…
1621
POLITICAL POWER · NEW ENGLAND
November 27, 2025
The narrative of Thanksgiving
often overlooks the devastation
Indigenous communities faced
before the Pilgrims’ arrival in…