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July 3, 2025: reading nuance

July 3, 2025 By Chris Corrigan Notes No Comments

An old picture of my friend Corbin Keep reading the National Post, which I think he was doing for my amusement!

My sources for nuance in the current news desert are mostly living in the blogosphere (or it’s quasi equivalent in the public gardens of Medium and Substack). Here are the sites I read pretty much every time the publish something to dive deeper into the civic and policy issues that affect me.

Canadian issues

  • Dougald Lamont’s Substack is the site of former Manitoba Liberal leader Dougald Lamont. He publishes incredibly detailed essays on current policy topics skewing towards economics and political history in Canada.
  • The Tyee is a progressive news site covering British Columbia and Alberta politics. They often bring on journalists through grants and bursaries to cover issues in depth and their analysis is thoughtful, grounded and referenced. They also have whimsical pieces and great book recommendations.
  • The Hub is a conservative site that has no RSS feed, so I have to manually check it every week or so. In a world in which I associate conservative politics with right wing bluster, culture war nonsense, populism and juvenile name calling, The Hub stands alone in Canada on its side of the political spectrum with thoughtful analysis on politics, housing, climate, and economy from a market-centric perspective. As a not-right-wing person, they manage to infuriate me in a way that causes me to look up why I think I’m correct in my opinions. I appreciate that.
  • Policy Alternatives from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is the site that makes me pump my fist and say “right on!” CCPA is a well established left-wing policy institute that has been doing fantastic public policy analysis in Canada for decades. It would be fun to take one of their papers on one from The Hub and jam them into a ChatGPT thread to see what comes out.

Policy in other parts of the world

  • Letters from an American is the newsletter of Heather Cox Richardson who has become a popular commentator on US politics. As a historian, she puts the events of the day in historical context, but does not hide her ire at what the current administration is doing to her country.
  • Intercontinental Cry is the website of IC Magazine and reports on events around the world from the perspective of their impact on Indigenous peoples. There is lots of stuff here you will never hear about otherwise, and it’s not all grim news. There are brilliant pieces on resilience and resurgence and great film recommendations to boot.
  • The Economist sees the world through a free market, classical liberal economics lens and that perspective is incredibly important for understanding the global trade world and the implications of political and policy decisions on everyday stuff like the prices we pay for the things we need. Another site that makes me rage sometimes, but I have to go look stuff up to understand why.

I’m curious what sources you read for good analysis of the events of the day, beyond news and daily reporting. I’m especially curious about the sites you read that challenge you. Leave them in the comments for us all to check out.

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