11In Asylums (1961) Goffman analyzes the inner workings of total institutionsDecember 29, 2012/2 Comments/in Newsletter, Some Popular Posts - Past & Present, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
12What site visitors have taught me about the Preserved Stories websiteDecember 25, 2023/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, MCHS Stories, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
13Storytelling depends upon the pragmatics of communication inherent in a conversation: the ball gets hit back and forth across the netJune 4, 2023/3 Comments/in Bullying, Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
14Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics (2023) is among many books I’ve read about the topicDecember 12, 2022/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
15Silence and frame analysis: Whatever we talk about, what is left out is a key considerationNovember 18, 2022/1 Comment/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
16Here’s an excerpt: We Are All Treaty People: Prairie Essays (2008) by Roger EppOctober 29, 2021/5 Comments/in Commentary, Figure/Ground, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
17Framing of stories is a central feature of communicationsJune 11, 2021/1 Comment/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
18I was impressed with Deanna Kreisel’s Aug. 8, 2020 Medium article, “The Unraveling of ‘The Unraveling of America.'” Good show!August 8, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
19School boards have a level of dysfunction built into them, for which reason, every few years, they get taken overJune 10, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Mississauga, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
20Awesome novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” portrays evocative, self-contained world [Note: Spoiler Alert]March 31, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill