Developing a plan of action to save Transit City
The fifth step toward social change that Amanda Sussman identifies in The Art of the Possible is to start putting it all together. “Once you have a clearer idea of what it is you want to work on,” Sussman says, “try to articulate it by pulling your thoughts together on paper under the following headers. […]
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“Assange is being targeted politically” and “Assange’s accusers deserve a fair hearing” aren’t mutually exclusive
You know what? I’m pretty sure that title doesn’t require any further clarification. In fact, anything I could add here would probably just dilute the point. So, um… How are you?
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Published today: Röyksopp review on Chart
It was all right, I suppose. A lot more airy and aimless than I expected, but not a bad record. Chart summarized the review on Twitter by calling it a “snooze-fest,” which isn’t exactly right, but it’s also far from wrong.
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City council will vote today on three of Rob Ford’s key campaign promises
Check it out, courtesy of the Star: “At the first substantial city council meeting of his tenure, Mayor Rob Ford will seek Thursday to win council support for three prominent campaign pledges: slashing councillors’ office budgets, abolishing the vehicle registration tax, and asking the province to declare the TTC an essential service.” The first two […]
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Link of the Day: The Gladstone Hotel
No particular reason, you know? I just think it’s one of the best hotels and venues in the city, with a rather terrific website to boot. Do check it out.
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Researching Transit City
We’re halfway through the six steps toward getting started in social change that Amanda Sussman proposes in her book, The Art of the Possible. We’ve chosen an issue – in this case, Transit City, for the sake of working on something current and relevant – and we’ve also identified our own resources and the key […]
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All I want for Christmas is for Stephen Harper not to prorogue Parliament to save his own skin again
I’m just saying, you guys. I’ve got no specific reason to believe he will, but because he did it during the last two holiday seasons, I’ve also got no reason to believe he won’t. Are there any votes coming up on any issues on which his party long ago abandoned any sort of credibility? Should […]
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Ten years ago this week, Bush officially defeated Gore
As the folks at Crooks and Liars recently noted, Monday marked the tenth anniversary of the day that Bush officially defeated Gore in the 2000 presidential election. It was the closest election of its kind in over a century, and it was only the fourth in which the electoral vote contradicted the popular vote. “Hotly […]
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Link of the Day: Ben’s Game
Following up on yesterday’s post, which highlighted the good work of Make-A-Wish Foundation International, here’s a game hosted on the official site of their Greater Bay Area chapter – and the product of a wish to boot. “Throughout Ben Duskin’s battle with Leukemia, he played computer games, which helped him get through the treatment process. […]
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Witness to a City: Elizabeth Amer
Okay, so I haven’t been keeping up with my pledge to read a chapter of Witness to a City each day and post about it. I’m afraid it’s been a busy couple of weeks. What do you say we pick up where we left off? In his first chapter, David Miller profiles former Toronto city […]
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