1History is related to historiography, which is concerned with how history gets to be writtenJanuary 11, 2022/3 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
2Power speaks its own language: Can historiography (generally, the writing of history featuring standard language usage) teach us anything of value with regard to extreme violence?December 17, 2018/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
3Cornelius (Neil) van Nostrand and fellow flying cadets received training during the First World War at the Long Branch Aerodrome in what is now Lakeview, MississaugaNovember 11, 2023/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
4Red 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
5Haberman (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
6Three authors with an in-depth, well-documented, balanced view of things: Haberman (2022); Galeotti (2022); O’Kane (2022)December 6, 2022/3 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
7What 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
8A Dec. 22, 2021 CBC article is entitled: “Hidden behind buildings, the last of Mimico’s opulent lakefront estates is still standing: Myrtle Villa was owned by businessman James Franceschini from 1925 to 1950”December 26, 2021/2 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
9I have been following with interest the recent Toronto narratives related to Garden SuitesNovember 13, 2021/0 Comments/in Language usage, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
10As Erving Goffman has noted, what goes on in gambling establishments and risk-taking situations in general is worth close studyJuly 8, 2021/1 Comment/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
