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September 30, 2015

Taxis, Uber, and how NOT to make decisions | #TOpoli

So I had a chance to observe City Council this morning, consumed…

June 3, 2014

Reviving #ThePublicGood, part 7: Getting around the public-transit roadblock | #TOpoli #onpoli

Are you stuck in traffic? Waiting for a streetcar or bus that…

May 7, 2014

Reviving the Public Good, part 3: civic engagement | #TOpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli

Good day everyone. When we left off yesterday, we were talking about…

May 5, 2014

Elections and renewing our commitment to the #PublicGood | #TOpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli

Sorry, dear friends. More sanctimonious wankery coming. It’s what I do. It’s…

October 30, 2013

Getting past the ‘War on the Car’ | #TOpoli #ClimateChange

(This grew out of a Facebook discussion with the divine Septembre Anderson,…

September 19, 2013

Dogs, citizenship, and a lesson from @m_layton | #TOpoli

This is my dog. His name is Koba, he’s a Black Russian…

July 26, 2013

Toronto’s transit future, LRT, and the need to win back the words | #TOpoli

If you’re bored or desperate enough to return here on a semi-regular…

July 19, 2013

The zombie subway / LRT debate isn’t going to turn on subtleties | #TOpoli #onpoli

I know, I know. It’s making my head hurt too. We all…

May 22, 2013

The crack video, hearsay evidence, and the mutability of ‘fact’ | #TOpoli

https://twitter.com/sol_chrom/statuses/337221607154135040 Two worthwhile reads this morning from Edward Keenan and Navneet Alang.…

January 31, 2013

Adult conversation. Is it too much to hope for? | #TOpoli #onpoli

Well, what can you do? Thrilling as the #Fordcourt ride was, we’re back to where we started. Ford Nation, such as it is, can enjoy its little victory lap. We can debate, at our leisure, whether conflict-of-interest proceedings and campaign-finance…