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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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’s no surprise that the Ford conflict-of-interest proceedings have our attention. Laughs, drama, embarrassment, and more #headdesk moments than you can shake an Escalade at — this has it all. And of course, it’s no surprise that it’s generating…
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…