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.
Baseball 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.
The 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.
Jane Jacobs
Brian Fawcett posts an obituary for Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006
Parsing 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.
Looking 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.
David Solway’s Complaints
Somewhat belatedly, Brian Fawcett reviews David Solway’s monograph On Being a Jew, published by David Mason…
Dead 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.
Kink of the Pops
Brian Fawcett tosses in his 2 cents on the subject of Michael Jackson
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Brian Fawcett goes to the movies, somewhat belatedly, and finds something he likes very much.