Michael Cuenco

Articles

19 August 2026

Misunderstanding Media

Michael Cuenco

Thirty years ago, Silicon Valley invoked McLuhan while ignoring everything he actually argued. Michael Cuenco on how the "Californian Ideology" buried the one Canadian thinker who predicted our current wreckage, and why

Misunderstanding Media

2 July 2026

Confederation as Useful History: Part I

Michael Cuenco

Canada's young generation has been denied a usable relationship with its own founding. Recovering the political economy of Confederation, honestly, without hagiography or prosecution, is the first step toward rebuilding it. There

Confederation as Useful History: Part I