College reporters – citing educator's Instagram posts – uncover excessive travel spending by University of Oregon journalism dean amid school's budget crisis dailyemerald.com/166936/feature…

Vancouver's Trutch St. is now officially šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm St. on Google Maps.

Echoes of NHL / Al Eagleson perhaps?

This is wild. Thank you Steve Munro

Carl Hiassen's brilliant novel Strip Tease went hard at the corruption of Big Sugar in 1993 -- still a good read. Seems like nothing has changed...

"Breaking" news that was announced six months ago.

This is a well-written summing up of a terrible thing. Don't read the comments on the post lest you lose faith in humanity.

What can we learn about protectionism and globalization from 100 years of the auto industry? This is the topic of my newest research. eig.org/myths-and-less…

I am old enough to remember when the USA had allies.

Someone hire this kid. TTC board to change TMU Station back to Dundas after nobody cared theeyeopener.com/2025/08/ttc-bo… via The Eyeopener

I have a new study, co-authored with Abla Abdulkadir, that examines how the business press covered industry-specific price hikes over the last three years. Short 🧵 here on some of the highlights, with some fun charts, like this one.   econone.com/wp-content/upl…

And now for something completely different. boston.com/news/local-new…

Must therefore all the world be put on flame? This line from a favourite poem looms larger in my mind this week as the geopolitical situation goes into the ditch.

AN ODDBALL LOOK BACK AT BILL BENNETT mickleblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/11/an-…

The Q&A: "He was forthcoming and honest and funny and insightful — but damaged." open.substack.com/pub/paulwells/…

10 Toronto addresses accounted for more than 30,000 parking tickets in 2024 postcity.com/10-toronto-add…