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The following blurb appears for August: Osage County (2008) (the book) at the Toronto Public Library website: Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama “A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people.”— Time Out New York “Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County is what O’Neill would be […]
A Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) overview of the study can be found here. A caption related to the map on the right, from a Jan. 16, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article by Tamara Shephard entitled “Air quality study finds traffic emissions are driving pollution in south Etobicoke,” reads: Carcinogen concentration Courtesy/CITY OF TORONTO Eight of 19 […]
The article that is the topic of this post notes that Sean M. Maloney, PhD, teaches History at the Royal Military College of Canada, and has also taught extensively in its War Studies Program. He is currently the historical advisor to the Canadian Army for the war in Afghanistan. His article, “‘Was It Worth It?’ […]
The following message is from a concerned resident of Long Branch. The message includes the following four documents (the fourth provides a draft of a letter that you are urged to write): 48 – 35th CofA Prt. 2 (Lot & Frontage Analysis ) 48 35th CofA Prt.1 (Notice) 48-35th CofA Prt.3 ( Drawings) 48 35 […]
I was interested to read a recent article by Ken Greenberg at urbandesignreview.org. The article begins with the following note: Editor’s Note: The Forum for Urban Design is embarking on a campaign to collect ideas for compelling projects, plans, and policies to better New York City under the next mayor’s tenure. To tie in with […]
I have an interest in evidence-based practice. When scientific data and research are under threat, each of us as a citizen is under threat. In an earlier post, I’ve discussed the role of fraud in relation to scientific credentials. At the latter post, I’ve shared the following information: Fake academic credentials In general, claims of factuality […]
Given my interest in how language interacts with perception, I enjoyed reading an overview, in Status Update (2013), of the history of neoliberalism. Boas and Gans-Morse (2009) In her discussion of neoliberalism in Status Update (2013), Alice E. Marwick cites a 2009 journal article by Taylor C. Boas and Jordan Gans-Morse entitled Neo liberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-Liberal Slogan. The source is: […]
I recently visited Bill Rawson, who has shared a lot of great stories with us in the past about the history of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey), and I was delighted to see his used furniture store, on the south side of Lake Shore Blvd. West across from the Long Branch Library, is now […]
Local air quality of a topic of ongoing community interest, as an earlier blog post regarding a May 2013 Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) presentation notes. For details about the Jan. 15, 2014 City of Toronto event, click here. The following text is from the City of Toronto link in the previous sentence. The PDF file […]