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Home from Vacation and Adjusting
A return from Japan surfaces layoffs, a changing Substack algorithm, and politeness in Canada that isn't kind.
Back Home but Something’s Off
What Americans Can Do for Canada Right Now
Why Does This Fight Feel Different?
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Canadians have noticed that most Americans, watching the tariffs, the insults about becoming the 51st state, and assorted threats, feel the same disbelief we do. You ar...
American Democracy is Up for Grabs Right Now
I Started Focusing on Specific News
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Every few weeks, a piece of commentary about Trump is shared with me, warning that he’s staging a coup. In these post comments, someone jokes about guillotines or asks...
Help Never Comes When You Need It
Unpacking why help arrives too late in Canada and never happens in America, and what that teaches about resilience.
I Did Not Want to Go There
Why I Write About Leaving America, Not Escaping It
Why I Started Writing Here
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Every Tuesday and Thursday, I publish something new here at the American Refugee. Every time I do, enough people unsubscribe. Now I understand it as part of the deal, the same wa...
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