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).

Concerning Gatenby

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 August 10
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Brian Fawcett tosses in his two cents on the resignation of Greg Gatenby as director of the Harbourfront International Festival of Authors

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Hey! This Book is Really Good.

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 July 24
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Brian Fawcett reviews Margaret MacMillan’s Paris 1919

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COSMOPOLITANS AND THE DEFINITION OF “GOOD FAMILY”

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 July 18
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Several years ago, Brian Fawcett asked Indian writer Patwant Singh for the meaning of life. Here, he tries to explain the answer he got…

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The Suburbs terminate in Nazi Germany, or, Why I don’t trust Gay Rotarians

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 June 20
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Brian Fawcett celebrates Gay Pride week, and asks some questions about what’s being celebrated

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Hostage-Takers and their Demands

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 May 26
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Brian Fawcett wonders whether hostage-takers are the mass media’s culture heroes, among other things

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Agent of Lousy, Unwarranted Criticisms

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 April 18
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Brian Fawcett can’t figure out what occasioned television critic John Doyle’s attack on CTV MOW Agent of Influence

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David Frum’s Spiritual Progress

By Brian Fawcett / 2003 April 3
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Brian Fawcett examines the career of David Frum.

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Ratifying the Kyoto Accord

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 December 12
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Brian Fawcett lands on the fence concerning the Kyoto Accord

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Making Sour Soup

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 November 1
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Brian Fawcett watches some alleged educational television with his daughter

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His Nose, etc.

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 October 29
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Brian Fawcett starts off to review George Bowering’s His Life, but it turns into something more like an appreciation of a very gifted poet’s character

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