Today I launched a new blog at media101.ca
In light of all the hotly debated media issues that have risen to the top of the news in Canada lately – and in light of how bummed out I was to discover recently that an old media reform website of mine is now a shadow of its former self – I decided it was […]
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Congratulations to the Sketchersons on the first of many great live tapings
Kate and I went down to Comedy Bar last night, as promised, to catch the first in a series of live tapings the Sketchersons are doing for Rogers TV over the course of the next few weeks. It also happened to be the first show my brother Jon presided over as the head writer, which […]
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Link of the Day: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto
“Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto matches adults with children between the ages of 6 and 18 in a mentoring relationship that is fun and rewarding for all.” Kate’s been involved in the program for about three months now, spending some time every weekend with just about the sweetest, coolest kid you’d ever want to […]
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Link of the Day: Startingpage
Startingpage bills itself as “the world’s most private search engine.” BoingBoing recently described it as “a sort of middle-man between you and Google that keeps no records or data on their own at all.” Why is that useful? “Google and other search engines,” BoingBoing blogger Sean Bonner explains, “track what users search; over time, the […]
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Everyone’s a DJ returns tonight
Don’t forget that Everyone’s a DJ returns to Disgraceland tonight at 9:00 PM. We’ve got a great schedule full of sixteen DJs doing twenty minute sets each, and it looks like it’s going to be a fun and eclectic night. Details are available on our website, along with our official page on Facebook. We’ve also […]
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Who gets to the top in our democracies?
Let’s pick up where we left off a while ago in Richard Swift’s book, The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy. At the time, we were looking at the gap between the professional political class and the democratic notion of “rule by the people.” The main question we haven’t asked yet, however, is “Who are the people […]
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Link of the Day: Look at This Stupid Baby
The premise of Look at This Stupid Baby, my friend Justin’s new blog, is simple enough. “My name is Justin,” he says by way of introduction, “and I hate stupid babies.” It delivers on its promise, that’s for sure. When a post begins with a photo of a baby and the title “The Hell Are […]
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The early days of fascism
Speaking of David Cameron, did you hear his speech about the failure of English multiculturalism and the need for a stronger national identity? The BBC has the details. That’s a really alarming thing for a national leader to say in this day and age – and I’m not just saying that because I don’t want […]
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Hosni Mubarak resigns as Egypt’s president
I haven’t written much about Egypt over the past couple of weeks. I’m hardly an expert on its history, and I haven’t felt like I could possibly keep pace with new events and the pace of change in the region. But it wouldn’t be right to let a day like today go by without acknowledging […]
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If anyone knows a thing or two about annoying television commercials, it’s the Conservatives
There’s definitely something ironic about an MP from the Conservative Party introducing a private member’s bill designed to deal with loud, obnoxious ads on Canadian television. But for the life of me, I can’t put my finger on it.
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