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History begins with definition of terms
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan PillAt a recent post, I began to write about my approach, as a layperson, to reading about history: Article by Andres Kasekamp: “Fascism by Popular Initiative: The Rise and Fall of the Vaps Movement in Estonia” (2015) In his 2015 article, Kasekamp comments (p. 156): “Using Stanley Payne’s typology of fascism [3], I have previously argued […]
The history of land-use planning in Regent Park reflects the worldwide history of land-use planning
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA May 16, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “Decision quietly made by Toronto Community Housing sparks concern in Regent Park: TCH acknowledges it should have told residents sooner new developers could be moving in.” The concluding paragraphs of the article read: With the agency committing to be more transparent with its decisions, resident Michelle Basha […]
Falsehoods penetrate further, faster, and deeper than accurate information on Twitter: Massive MIT study
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA March 8, 2018 Atlantic Monthly article is entitled: “The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News: Falsehoods almost always beat out the truth on Twitter, penetrating further, faster, and deeper into the social network than accurate information.” An abstract of the Science article, on which the Atlantic Monthly article is based, reads as […]