Op-Ed's
Toronto Mayoral Race: Pollsters As Source
There is nothing more frustrating than watching trained journalists abandon the idea of "reliable" sources. Seems to me, when you’re cobbling together a thesis, the ……Read More
Month: October 2010
North America
Rob Ford Digestion
Plenty of digestion, as people weigh the implications of Ford’s victory in Toronto. What does it say, what does it mean, what are the lessons? I ……Read More
Op-Ed's
Carnography: Vegetarians need not apply
Ah, we’re talking about making maps? No, wait! That’s cartography. On May 29, 1972, John Skow wrote a review of the novel First Blood by ……Read More
Op-Ed's
Yael Cohen’s F**k Cancer
In Vancouver, one young 23 year old has thought up a novel and controversial way of fighting cancer. Yael Cohen who had to go through ……Read More
Europe
Russia gets financial ombudsman
Banks and their clients will be able to settle their financial disputes out of court. The institution of financial mediation has been set up in ……Read More
Asia
Goa fly in Indian ointment
In 2009, the flow of Russian tourists to Goa reached 80,000 people, of which 1,400 people overstayed their visas, according to India’s embassy in Moscow. ……Read More