This one felt like it would take forever to come out, which isn’t fair since it didn’t take longer than other journal articles or book chapters. But it is an early statement of some of the arguments in the new book (which have evolved since then, naturally). It is also the single article for which …
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An Open Letter to the Minister of Justice
Earlier this week, the Conservatives rolled out a series of cuts that can only be called vindictive. They targeted programs dear to the Liberals and have no budgetary justification given the massive surplus currently held in federal coffers. One of the programs under attack is the Law Commission of Canada. My colleague, Darin Barney, who …
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Blast From the Past
This morning I opened my email to find a letter from a friend who had stumbled on an essay I wrote over 11 years ago. (Which is a long time when you’re not out of your 30s yet.) Having little idea of what I’d said back then, I investigated. The piece, called “The Many Names …
To Top Off the Housecleaning
I’ve updated my blogroll. Hopefully, I’ve added everyone who’s linked to me, whom I read, or who sent me an email saying “I have a blog.” If I missed you, let me know.
Press Wrapup–Part II
Today I went to CBC’s studio for a taped interview. They were interviewing me about my “Inaudible City” talk at the Champ Libre conference last weekend. Which was really cool except there’s something about starting at and speaking into a Neumann microphone . . .
Press Wrapup–Part I
So two of the interviews I gave appeared in print, and the gun quote appeared in both. Which makes me think in some small way it was worthwhile. I’ve reproduced the Montreal Gazette piece below. You can read the Hour piece here. There’s only one obvious problem with the Hour piece: never in my life …
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