Over the holidays, I blazed through Blink, the new mega-seller from Malcolm Gladwell. I didn’t really like it, but who am I to criticise a dude who charges US$40 000 for a business lecture? But everyone knows what a bunch of suckers business people are for the Next! Hot! Idea!. Remember Dow 36000? Over at […] More »
The new blog by Gary Becker and Richard Posner is one of the smartest things on the net. Two guys with enormous brains writing mini-essays at each other on the major issues of the day. This week, it is catastrophic risk. The main question they adress: In the case of low-risk/high-loss disasters, is it better […] More »
Is there an award for most bizarre tsunami coverage theme music? The Tsumi? I nominate Andy Barrie and the increasingly weird folks at Metro Morning in Toronto. This morning, I cleared the snow from my faithful Corolla and climbed in to the sound of gentle surf on a beach somewhere. Andy Barrie was doing his […] More »
Does anyone have any idea what has happened to Andrew Coyne’s blog? The thing has been moribund for a long while. At least the link still works, unlike the link to the National Post’s editorial board blog, which now sends you straight to the main Canada.com page. Was Coyne told to stop blogging? Maybe they […] More »
NATION SEEKS WEB EDITOR The Nation seeks a full-time web editor with progressive politics, boundless energy and a strong commitment to help amplify the influence and scope of the magazine’s online presence. The web editor will work closely with magazine editors as well as business staffers in developing the site. Major responsibilities include planning, creating […] More »
Assume we ought to be sending aid for tsunami victims. Who is the “we” that should be doing the donating? 1. Private individuals donating out of their own pockets. 2. Corporations donating goods, services, and cash. 3. Governments. The first is entirely unproblematic. There has been a lot of press about how generous corporations have […] More »
Should you send money to tsunami victims? Obviously. But what if aid is a zero-sum game, in which every dollar that goes to tsunami relief is a dollar that does not go somewhere else? When I went to the red cross site last week to make a donation, I was briefly held up by a […] More »
This today from Judy Rebick regarding the airing of a feature film on the life of Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Wed Jan 5 at 9:00 pm. Sounds well worth tuning in — Judy has praise for the film and she’s a character in the film — and it reiterates that we can not rest on our […] More »
This memo, supposedly sent to all CanWest employees in the Toronto area, is just too funny. Can any CanWest employees verify that this is for real? To: All CanWest MediaWorks Toronto and Hamilton Staff Re: Global & CH Car Advertising Wrap Program For the past several years Global has run a program, which pays its […] More »
Always a fun list at this time of year is the List of Words Banished From the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness , compiled by Lake Superior State University in Michigan. The above link is to a news story about the list; the list itself is made up of 22 phrases submitted […] More »
In a story reported on the CBC website today, N&L premier Danny Williams has allowed the Maple Leaf to fly outside provincial courthouses, after judges expressed concerns about impartiality. According to the N&L justice minister: “We discussed it and the premier agreed that it would be inappropriate not to have the Canadian flag fly from […] More »