I read this book many months ago, and wasn't planning to write a review. As I follow the state of the news industry closely, there wasn't much that surprised me in the book. It was a good read, a good lament for the state of Canadian media which properly puts…
A venture outside of my normal reading topics, this book on the history of the English language was well worth my time. The most fascinating chapters of the book discussed local variations of the English language and the future of our tongue in the Internet age with new words being…
The Dieppe Raid was the bloodiest day of the Second World War for Canada, and the bloodiest day for Hamilton as 197 men of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry died in the August 19, 1942 raid. For 70 years, the debate raged regarding the merits and purpose of the raid.…
Required reading for journalists and bloggers, as it shows the peril of rushing to judgement in the era of clickbait. Tom Flanagan was one of Canada's leading political scientists, until one statement in an academic discussion was taking out of context and spread across the Internet. In response to a…
I love walking the Waterfront Trail from Bay Street to Princess Point, the calm rolling of the water, the beautiful waters of Cootes Paradise which are devoid - with the exception of the fish gate - of human structure. It wasn't always this way, there was once a shanty town…
There are times when I'm grateful I didn't actually publish a thought. When the Hamilton Public Library increased the number of holds a patron could have to 75, I thought, who could possibly have 75 holds? I now do.…
My Daily* sharing of links from across the WWW. 1. The power of the press can’t hold populism down, Peter Preston, The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/12/populism-power-press-cant-hold-down-brexit-trump-grillo] - he's right, the world is happening despite mainstream media positions. The media wants to defend their…
I do not take free journalism from others, it's contrary to my personal belief in the value of a person's labour. Many “new” “journalism” outlets are based upon a model of publishing the free work of others, aggregation of others original content, clickbait, and worst – exploitation of young people that…