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).
The Pathological Belief in Rhetorical Questions
Brian Fawcett reads Joel Bakan’s The Corporation, and finds it diminished by its rhetorical overkill.
Three Datums on the Evolution of the Internet
Brian Fawcett offers five kidneys and no summary judgment of the Internet
Defending Clarkson and Saul
Brian Fawcett examines the recent attacks on the Governor Generalship of Adrienne Clarkson and her partner John Ralston Saul..
Jose Saramago’s Cave
Brian Fawcett is finally moved by the work of a Nobel Prize winner…
Against Creative Non-Fiction: A Manifesto
It’s the March doldrums in Toronto, spring is still six weeks away, so Brian Fawcett releases the latest update of a rant he’s been stewing over for about six years
Saving Joe’s Trees
Brian Fawcett has some advice for Toronto deputy mayor and tree-advocate Joe Pantalone about trees, and about what his priorities ought to be.
Reciprocity
Brian Fawcett offers a friend some advice about living in small communities
Alan Bates R.I.P.
Brian Fawcett remembers British Actor Alan Bates in three memorable roles…
John Newlove R.I.P.
Brian Fawcett remembers poet John Newlove, who died in Ottawa last week
The Egregious Historian
Brian Fawcett rereads an interesting but troubled book published in 1996, and has second thoughts