Andrew Coyne is so excited that he barely touches the brick-grilled chicken on the plate before him. When he does come up for air, he stabs the chicken with his fork, ripping at the meat, in too much of a hurry to use a knife. Olives and small chunks of tomato fly off the plate.… Continue reading Mighty Mouth
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Daily Science Fare
Jay Ingram and I are staring at a photo of a viewer’s fanatical cat. “This cat only pays attention when I’m on the show,” he says with a laugh. “Other cats watch the show too, Jay,” I say. My best friend’s cat, I explain, likes staring at the screen of The Discovery Channel, although Mojo… Continue reading Daily Science Fare
Show me the money
Bit. Bit. Bit. The electronic pulse fires across the matrix, sending digit after digit down the gold and copper wire, to the server’s snaking cord and the fibre-optic cable that runs right out to the sea. Bit. Bit. Bit. The currency of information shoots around the earth and the value of the writer’s words increase… Continue reading Show me the money
United We Falter
Three years ago, while it was still owned by Thomson Newspapers, the Niagara Falls Review’s newsroom was organized by the Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild. Mark Skeffington, a general reporter at the Review for four years, was its union steward. The paper’s first contract came into effect just over a year later, around the same time… Continue reading United We Falter
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My best friend in the whole wide world just bought Space Invaders for his brand new Atari 2600. The game is so cool. He saved up all the money he got from delivering the weekend newspaper just to buy it. Me, I couldn’t do a paper route. Gettin’ up in the morning—before the street lights… Continue reading www.clueless.@nd.hopeless.ca