1The blurb for Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (1998) closely matches the contents of the book August 5, 2019 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter
2Rate of known coronavirus cases in Taiwan is one-fifth the rate of known cases in the United States March 24, 2020 /0 Comments/in Newsletter
3Unauthorized Banksy exhibit in Amsterdam in August 2018 brings to mind state-level legibility; as well, it brings to mind limitations of language October 2, 2019 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter
4James C. Scott (1972) argues that corruption, like violence, must be understood as a regular, repetitive, integral part of the operation of most political systems August 28, 2019 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter, Toronto
5Revisiting the Jane’s Walk principles in 2021: Text from Jane’s Walk website, to which I’ve added commentary March 12, 2021 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Stratford, Toronto
6Updates regarding Sweden’s approach to COVID-19; Sweden’s rate of deaths per million is 6 times that of Norway April 21, 2020 /0 Comments/in Newsletter
7China’s six-day delay in reporting Wuhan outbreak warrants scrutiny as details emerge April 15, 2020 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter
8A small measure of ease in the presence of uncertainty goes a long way January 3, 2020 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter
9Ronald Wright (2004) has characterized civilization as a pyramid scheme December 21, 2019 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto
10“We banned renders” from the design process says Tatiana Bilbao – Dezeen, Dec. 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter
