Paying attention to B.C.’s child deaths tragedy
Elsewhere in a discussion on the dearth of municipal blogging, some of us toss around the fact that bloggers usually don’t do the kind of investigative legwork that reporters do, and can’t break stories. Meet a vital exception: Paul Willcocks and his blog,...We report. You don’t.
Scott Piatkowski passes along this gem from AlterNet: Fox News is refusing to air an anti-Alito ad “citing its lawyers’ contention that the spot is factually incorrect.” Is it shooting fish in a barrel to say: “gee, I wish Fox News would apply...Write your own punchline
If it was fiction, you’d edit out the metaphor as way too obvious: After answering six questions and eager to sit down to dinner in the Great Hall of the People, Bush turned down a reporter who asked permission for a follow-up question. He then strode from the...Canadian Social Research Links
The title says it all. Gilles Séguin, a retired federal public servant, has compiled an unbelievably vast collection of links on social research in Canada. From education to health care to First Nations to housing… it’s like a Yahoo! of Canadian social...Vancouver elections Saturday, Nov. 19; I’m voting for Vision
I’ll be voting for Jim Green and the Vision Vancouver team tomorrow, along with several great folks from COPE. (Disclosure: I’ve been working for the Vision campaign — and they’ve made me proud.) After so many years of watching this city...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
