11Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has spoken elegantly about the dangers of a single storyOctober 18, 2023/0 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
12Many Russian studies programs have engendered serious academic ignorance – regarding Ukraine and its neighbours: Tomasz Kamusella, New Eastern Europe, August 11, 2023October 2, 2023/1 Comment/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
13In the 1960s, students from Ahuntsic School visited The Montreal Star and The Gazette; The Montreal Star folded in 1979; other newspapers across North America have folded more recentlySeptember 18, 2023/1 Comment/in Commentary, MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
14Valuable books about land use, history, and povertyJune 14, 2023/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
15Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution (2023) and How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America (2021)May 18, 2023/0 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
16In an interview with DW, Mark Galeotti explains why the West did not believe Russia would invade Ukraine and how he sees the war playing out in 2023December 26, 2022/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
17Haberman (2022), Galeotti (2022), and O’Kane (2022) among others are exemplars of the gangster genre of literary nonfictionDecember 11, 2022/4 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
18What do we know about mass murder?; what do we know about the philosophy of justice?; and how do we go about dealing with evidence?January 2, 2022/4 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
19More details have emerged (with thanks to site visitors) about a “vanished” school, Grand Avenue Public School in Humber Bay, EtobicokeDecember 2, 2021/8 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
20On Sept. 2, 2021, we met for a high school picnic at an apartment parking lot with a great view of Lake Ontario. We learned how Bois-de-Saraguay in Montreal was saved from destruction.October 19, 2021/12 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, MCHS Stories, Mississauga, Newsletter, Southwestern Ontario, Stratford, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
