Tomorrow night! Shift! Chris Turner!
Evan Solomon will be there, and he may speak to you!
Musings
In Tuesday’s Sun: bookish
Politicians write books for different reasons. They write them to show that they are men and women of substance. They write them to demonstrate that they are brimming with ideas…
New York Times on John Tory: “uniquely charmless,” “rich white man,” “entitled,” “old WASP elite”
Quote: “The two front-runners are Doug Ford — Rob’s brother — and John Tory, with Mr. Tory holding a narrow lead in recent polls. They have indulged in the uniquely…
John Tory doesn’t think white people have an easier time of it
And the Torontoist is on to him, in a blistering (but belated) editorial: Let us now turn to John Tory, whose campaign has been a massive disappointment. John Tory’s candidacy…
Forties
Great writing, here, and some actual wisdom delivered in staccato bursts, too. Lala and all you in your forties, read.
Shift, Chris Turner, SFH, all in one place at one time
If you are sensible, you could be there, too. Meet Evan Solomon. Meet Andy Heintzman. Meet Clive Thompson. Most importantly, meet Davey Snot and Royal Niblet.
Globe columnist on Magnotta’s victim
Reading some of the horrible accounts of the evidence yesterday, this was brought to mind. She (and others) have never apologized for it.
This Ebola thing is going to end badly
The evidence, as they say, is compelling.
Ferris Bueller lives
Here’s the proof. A kid named Jeremy Fry at a Celtics game. Boston. Sent the song back up the charts. It ain’t new, apparently, but this is just so awesome.
In Friday’s Sun: disasters are in the eye of the beholder
Rudy Giuliani’s second term was not going well. It was a disaster, in fact. He’d been diagnosed with cancer. His signature tough-on-crime policy was rounding up more hot dog vendors…
SFH! Chris Turner! Shift Magazine!
Exclamation marks!
How not to manage a public health crisis
This was slipped under peoples’ doors in the middle of the night. Seriously. The coordination of the medical/governmental/public response to this thing has been a five-alarm shit show. Not going…
Average writing about averages
Paul Adams tweeted this – Story? Column? Op-ed? What is it? – earlier this morning. My friend Darrell Bricker was appalled by the fact that the national broadcaster would be…
In Tuesday’s Sun: sorry, big media, but you don’t own every word that is uttered
The media are upset. This isn’t a unique thing. It happens a lot. But what makes the latest controversy noteworthy is the subject-matter: an obscure change to Canadian copyright law,…