Brian Fawcett
Brian Fawcett (1944-2022) is a founding co-editor of dooneyscafe.com. He's the author of many books, including "Cambodia: A book for people who find television too slow" (1986), "Gender Wars" (1994), "Virtual Clearcut, or The Way Things Are in My Hometown" (2003), "Local Matters: A Defence of Dooney's Cafe and other Non-Globalized People, Places, and Ideas" (2003) and "Human Happiness" (2011).
Supporting Adam Vaughan
Brian Fawcett is supporting Adam Vaughan’s candidacy in Toronto’s Ward 20, and says the issues involved go beyond partisan political values. Here’s why.
Read MoreBaseball Rashomon
Brian Fawcett finds a repeat of Kurosawa’s famous multi-view movie Rashomon within a 35 year old baseball prank, but decides that George Bowering’s new book, Baseball Love is otherwise well-written and worth reading.
Read MoreThe Ordnance of the Barricades
Apropos of nothing, Brian Fawcett files a story about a 30-30 rifle, an American boy he went to high school with, and about the perils of going to the barricades.
Read MoreJane Jacobs
Brian Fawcett posts an obituary for Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006
Read MoreParsing the French Diaspora in North America
Brian Fawcett reviews Philip Marchand’s Ghost Empire: How the French Almost Conquered North America, and finds it so much better than merely good that he apologizes to its author.
Read MoreLooking Beyond Martin
Brian Fawcett poses the most obvious question in Canada right now: Who’s going to be the next leader of the federal Liberals now that Paul Martin Jr. is toast. His pick might surprise you.
Read MoreDavid Solway’s Complaints
Somewhat belatedly, Brian Fawcett reviews David Solway’s monograph On Being a Jew, published by David Mason…
Read MoreDead Police Officers and Other Occasions for Executive Self Aggrandizement:
Brian Fawcett uploads a long-stewing meditation on the James Roszko killings in Northern Alberta, and what has been buried beneath the hoopla surrounding them.
Read MoreKink of the Pops
Brian Fawcett tosses in his 2 cents on the subject of Michael Jackson
Read MoreThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Brian Fawcett goes to the movies, somewhat belatedly, and finds something he likes very much.
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