Weekly roundup: August 22 - 28
28 August 2011Articles
Jack Layton's passing is a Canadian Tragedy from National Post
The real Ottawa is in the shadows of the monuments from Ottawa Citizen
New kid on tap shuns saturated market from Financial Post
Lawyers targeted over charity tax schemes from The Globe and Mail
Palmed Away from The New Adventures of Stephen Fry
Alberta loses as Stelmach gets his Mounties from National Post [A contrast to the story last week that the RCMP will stay in Alberta through 2032. I don't agree with this opinion and neither do many of the commentors. Having a national police force with local focus is valuable because of all the in-house expertise that can be brought in from across the country.]
Nick Helm's password joke is Edinburgh Fringe funniest from BBC News [I like 5 and 9 also.]
Inventive warfare from The Economist
Community's "Paradigms of Human Memory" from Slate
Taxation and representation from Ottawa Citizen
Why political coverage is broken from PressThink.org
Layton’s funeral was fitting for a man of the people from National Post
Jack Layton: You don't know what you've got till it's gone from The Globe and Mail
Tweets
"I have a PhD. I know a pointless exercise when I see one"
— Spun off platform (@spun_off) August 23, 2011
https://twitter.com/#!/BorowitzReport/status/106553262320271360
Here's an idea: All journos agree to not run quotes - paraphrased or direct - from unnamed sources for a month. Just to see what happens.
— Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) August 25, 2011
