Weekly roundup: September 12 - 18

Articles

In for the long haul with nuclear from Toronto Star

Does your car have a spare tire? Are you sure? from The Globe and Mail

Economists still have work to do, Ontario Edition from Worthwhile Canadian Initiative

Impressed by Doug Ford’s backroom vision for the Toronto Port Lands? Take a look at Mayor Bert Xanadu’s vision for the Toronto Islands: “The Islands in my Brain.” from Spacing

CUPE threatens centrist Councillor over Twitter post from Toronto Star [I don't always agree with what my city Councillor says/how he votes but this is a bit ridiculous from a city union.] The tweet in question:

Screenshot from Twitter. 2011-09-14T15:02:05.000Z. Josh Matlow (@JoshMatlow). CUPE lobbies councillors to protect services but don't seem open to making reasonable concessions to help w/ a solution. Not good enough..

Linguistics: Say What? from The Economist

Ray Anderson: The carpet-tile philosopher from The Economist

Jerks (open letter, September 8, 2011) from U.S. Ambassador to Germany

Ethics 101 from Ottawa Citizen

No Mere Budget Cut from Water Canada

Gamers need hugs from Maclean's

Stupid travel complaints from Toronto Star

Calm, reasoned voice makes itself heard above spin and fury of oilsands rhetoric from Edmonton Journal [Neat profile of an economist I follow on twitter.]

Inside the entitlement generation from The Globe and Mail

Tweets

If only we were part of the vital national conversation based in the dentists' offices of the nation. Then I'd feel complete.

— Paul Wells (@InklessPW) September 13, 2011

Yes. Especially if you don't care about context. @lingwhatics: @EmmMacfarlane And more or less offensive?

— Emmett Macfarlane (@EmmMacfarlane) September 14, 2011

Screenshot from Twitter. 2011-09-14T19:26:07.000Z. The Median Voter (@OntMedianVoter). We need a national strategy for Ontario. #voteon.

Total dealbreaker. RT @DanMacEachern: I will have a hard time voting for any provincial candidate who uses "LOL" in their tweets.

— kady o'malley (@kady) September 15, 2011

A promise is binding in the inverse ratio of the numbers to whom it is made. -- De Quincey

— Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) September 16, 2011

BREAKING: Evan Solomon to host Junos, Genies, star in Street Legal remake and take over Rick Mercer Report.

— Peter Rukavina (@ruk) September 17, 2011

Video

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^ As we're in an election in Ontario.