Though it’s only popular in religious and New Age idiom… this word count is just plain weird: Source: globeandmail.com
Oct
23
Thou shalt not file the following?
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Oct
10
On laziness: the benefits of basic radio
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Tuning in, so we can tune out There’s something to be said for laziness. That is, there’s something to be said in defense of radio. A lot of buzz (excuse the pun) was created when podcasts hit the big-time, sometime last year. News of satellite radio is all the rage today. And wireless fidelity is [...]
Oct
8
Finding ‘a way out’
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The term exit strategy should have been placed into the copy editors’ book of shame years ago — circa late-2003. During my reading of Satruday’s Globe and Mail, I noticed this nonsensical compound noun being used to describe a course of action prescribed for the BCTF and the government. What is an exit strategy from [...]
Oct
7
The coverage of the teachers-government conflict is about as low brow as it can get. There seems to be no real insight being offered by drooling media outlets — especially broadcasters. So, here’s the deal: Teaching just isn’t an essential service. If it was, teaching would be entitled to the same funding considerations as truly [...]