Stop the presses! Crime rates are falling
A typically clear analysis from Jeffrey Simpson on the divergence between the actual rate of crime and the attention devoted to crime by the media. Statistically, Canada has never been safer – particularly in Ontario.
It is one of Canada’s pathetic ironies that the two provincial premiers least concerned about greenhouse gas emissions govern the provinces most at risk from climate change.
One might suppose that such a recurrent chain of blunders would gall a politically potent segment of the population. That it has evidently failed to do so in 2008 may be the only important unreported fact of this otherwise compulsively documented election season.
Stoooopid …. why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks
I think this is a legitimate problem. How do we teach children to focus? I’m sure my abilities are waning.
globeandmail.com: New law puts green screen on government decisions
My new favourite photo of the kids
Fantastic tool for keeping track of content to read. Especially with the offline access from the Apple App Store application.
Kelly and I are very happy to announce the arrival of Owen Bruce Routley. He arrived Tuesday morning just after four weighing a solid 8lbs 8ozs.
Although there were some challenges with the delivery, both Owen and Kelly are recovering well and should be home later this week.
Edward Burtynsky documents our impacts on the landscape through extraordinary photographs. In this presentation at TED he describes his motivations for the work and showcases some of his best images. The descriptions of China are particularly impressive.