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).

Brian Brett’s Coyote

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 December 12
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Brian Fawcett refiles a review of Brian Brett’s new novel. This review is in English

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Kicking in Tomorrow

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 December 1
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Brian Fawcett tries to figure out what to do about an all-too-common elementary school incident

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On the Hollinger/Conrad Black Divorce

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 November 22
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Brian Fawcett says his piece on Conrad Black’s bad-and-good week…

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Launching A Walrus

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 November 6
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Brian Fawcett examines The Walrus with some good will

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First Nations Descending

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 November 4
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Brian Fawcett raises some questions about the self-image of First Nations, and foresees some ugly consequences…

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Primo Levi’s Cosmology

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 October 1
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Brian Fawcett plumbs Primo Levi’s cosmology…

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Electoral Phobias, and Other Fishy Subjects

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 September 30
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Brian Fawcett runs afoul of the electoral process, but finds a good fish story…

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Rethinking Stupidity and Self-Involvement

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 September 9
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Eleven months later, Brian Fawcett answers a reader’s query about why he dislikes stupidity and self-involvement so much

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How to Prevent Electrical Blackouts and Budgetary Red Ink

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 August 29
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Brian Fawcett may have a timely way to keep Ontario from blacking out during hot weather–and to save its politicians from the a long and painful bath in some very hot water…

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Some Small Town Motels and Hotels in the British Columbia Interior

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 August 20
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Brian Fawcett does some motels and hotels in the British Columbia interior

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