61Some books of interest if you wish to learn things of value about AlbertaSeptember 24, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
62The best that historical inquiry can do, historian John C. Weaver of McMaster University notes, is to promote questioningAugust 6, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
63May 4, 2020 Vox article notes “Canada beat the US on coronavirus because its political system works”; also pleased to know ‘This American Life’ wins a Pulitzer Prize!May 4, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
64COVID-19 testing is an absolute priority – including of asymptomatic individuals; not much testing is happening in Ontario right nowApril 8, 2020/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
65Battle is breaking out in southwestern Ontario between three long-term care facilities and local public health, with health officials refusing to test elderly asymptomatic patients for COVID-19 April 8, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
66Interesting connection between 1930s Canadian radio drama and the design of the stage at the Festival Theatre in Stratford, OntarioFebruary 26, 2020/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Southwestern Ontario, Stratford/by Jaan Pill
67Factors that promote heart health include getting lots of exercise, as cross-sectional cohort study involving Tsimane in Bolivian Amazon underlinesDecember 29, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
68Can rule of law address phenomena whereby power ‘speaks its own language’?October 11, 2019/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
69James C. Scott (1972) argues that corruption, like violence, must be understood as a regular, repetitive, integral part of the operation of most political systemsAugust 28, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
70Dictionary of Canadian Biography speaks of Colonel Samuel Smith in his retirement years – as the first settler landowner in Long Branch, following his years of service in War of the American RevolutionAugust 23, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill