It’s been a consistent theme this year, that whole discourse thing. I’ve spent a lot of time wanking on about the importance of raising the conversation, of critical thought, of engagement. I’ve tried, with limited success, to be clear about the u…
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I’ve been watching the discussion of millennial citizenship on the HuffPo this morning, spurred by Supriya Dwivedi’s essay on Generation Y and Daniel Alexandre Portoraro’s response. It’s a spirited exchange. Perhaps it’s worth taking a step back a…
Perhaps the best response to those who continue to poison public discourse is to simply make them irrelevant.??? Sol Chrom (@sol_chrom) November 28, 2012 Ranting, yelling, blustering, hurling insults and misrepresentations. Screaming at Adam Vaughan…
OK, Ford Nation (or whatever you want to call yourselves)? I may be a latte-drinking, Birkenstock-wearing, tree-hugging downtown elitist, but I don’t hate Rob Ford. I’m not keen on what he’s done to Toronto’s social fabric or the public conversati…
It may be conventional, as we near the halfway point of Team Ford’s mandate, to expect a raft of think pieces, assessments, sententious analyses, and windy “Whither Toronto” wankfests. But enough about me. Regular visitors to this little corner wi…
It’s not exactly a revelation to note that political campaigns cost money. Lawn signs, bumper stickers, phone calls, communication strategy, polling, consultants, and the ground game — they all add up. Naturally, you need a team of dedicated volu…
Juggling live-blogging, tweeting, and this, so nothing profound, but a couple of things: 1. I wouldn’t assume that “the mayor is back in charge of transit” just yet. Just because OneCity didn’t fly doesn’t mean that he’s suddenly got anything more…
Samantha Bee, I’ve always loved you. (h/t @cityslikr, @jm_mcgrath, @davidhains and @neville_park) Related posts: From Grover Norquist to Gary Webster: putting #TeamFord???s #TTC jihad in context | #TOpoli #Toronto Don Drummond???s austerity medicine: …