Author Archive for: Jaan Pill
Entries by Jaan Pill
In the United States, painkillers take more lives than heroin and cocaine combined – Globe and Mail, Oct. 3, 2014
The topic of evidence and where it leads is of interest to me. Truthiness takes a person elsewhere; truthiness makes for engaging and compelling stories built upon the absence of empirical evidence. As noted at the link in the previous sentence, More Real: Art in the Age of Truthiness (2012) provides a definition and an overview (pp. […]
1989 was a critical year in the history of Eastern and Central Europe, and of the world
Twenty-five years ago in the summer of 1989, I travelled to the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia – at that time still under occupation by the Soviet Union. I also travelled to Sweden, which had maintained a state of neutrality, or at least the appearance of it, through the First and Second World […]
Old Aerial Photographs of Toronto from the 1920s-30s: Toronto Archives
At his Facebook page, Daniele Rossi has posted some great 1920s-1930s aerial photographs of Toronto, from the Toronto Archives. You can access the link here. If you know of other such links of interest, please let me know. Because of the time that I devote to other projects, at this point in my work I tend […]
Wesley Mimico Place update: Wesley Mimico Place development has been cancelled – Jan. 21, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian
The most recent updates can be accessed here: A Jan. 28, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Rising heritage costs, bureaucracy the main reasons behind Wesley Mimico Place project’s cancellation: Mixed-use facility was to house seniors apartments and a community kitchen.” LAMP community kitchen may be in jeopardy after Wesley Mimico Place development cancelled – […]
In remembrance of Norm McEwen
An obituary for Norm McEwen can be found online at the Ottawa Citizen website. The obituary notes: “In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to The Special Olympics or The Salvation Army.” In the course of many years of volunteer work on behalf of people who stutter, I got to know Norm well, and […]
The Twilight of Human Rights Law by Eric A. Posner is out in November 2014
I came across an article, “Against Human Rights,” by Eric A. Posner in the print version of the October 2014 Harper’s Magazine. The opening paragraph of the article can also be accessed online. Update: At a Dec. 4, 2014 Guardian article you can read the rest of Eric Posner’s overview regarding human rights law. [End of update] I found the […]
We have more details about the Church of the Good Shepherd, across from Cartierville School
When I recently read a mention of the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Cartierville, I recalled a passage in Memory Fitness (2004), in which it is noted that sometimes when we hear a particular name, then many memories, that otherwise are inaccessible to us, come back to us at once. I am keen to […]
How community charettes revolutionize design and solve ‘real world’ problems – Sept. 17, 2014 CBC podcast
A Sept. 17, 2014 post at The Current (CBC) website notes: “There is some truth in the old joke about a camel being a horse designed by a committee. But designers believe if you get the right people throwing enough ideas around, you can get a thoroughbred. Designers call that kind of committee a charrette, […]
Barry Anderson (MCHS ’64) has shared a tribute to Heinz Schlultz
In planning for the MCHS 60s Reunion, we want to find a way to remember the classmates who have passed away. The following post reminds us how important it is to do that. Barry Anderson (MCHS 1964) has kindly given us permission for sharing of the following post, a tribute to Heinz Schlutz, which Barry […]