751History of Amsterdam includes lethal wartime role of Amsterdam’s policeSeptember 15, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
752Waves wiped out a house at the Lake Ontario shoreline and swept out a family, at 535 Lake Promenade in Long Branch, on March 13, 1952; can you help a family member recover details?September 11, 2019/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
753There is is an alternative to ‘eternal economic growth’September 4, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
754An investigative report on the American back pain industry, Crooked (2017) underlines limitations of Descartes’ theory of a mind-body splitSeptember 2, 2019/2 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
755James 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
756In worldwide colonial history Indigenous peoples succumbed to disease arriving with settler society, were pushed aside to marginal lands, or were killed; many resistedAugust 25, 2019/1 Comment/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
757Dictionary 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
758Can the term neoliberalism be turned into a useful analytic tool? Answer: Yes, it canAugust 21, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
759World history of land use helps explain many things, including why African-American families are losing their landAugust 17, 2019/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
760Long Branch Conservation – August 2019 update from David GodleyAugust 13, 2019/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill