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).

A Short Trip Inside Mark Valentine’s World

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 October 15
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Brian Fawcett goes to the asset auction for Thompson Kernahan

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Jean Chretien’s Moment of Truth

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 September 26
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Brian Fawcett has an instinct about the Prime Minister

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POSTSCRIPT TO A CLEAR-CUT: Or, EVERYTHING I’M THINKING

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 September 23
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Brian Fawcett uploads the postscript to a forthcoming book, The Way Things Are. The postscript will not be published as part of the book, but comments will be welcomed.

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Doing Something with September 11th

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 September 11
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Brian Fawcett suggest that everyone stop wanking September 11th, and look around their own cities.

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The Pope Visits Toronto

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 August 7
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Brian Fawcett writes about what he hopes is the Pope’s farewell tour

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Public Sector Piracy

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 July 24
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Brian Fawcett goes after pirates in the public sector

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Some Starbucks-crossed Thoughts

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 July 19
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Brian Fawcett posts a long column about the opening of a Starbucks outlet on Toronto’s Bloor Street West

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Pursuing Martha Stewart

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 June 28
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Why is Martha Stewart being investigated for insider trading on ImClone Inc stocks when she’s a relatively minor culprit? And why is it likely to make her the biggest loser when the dust settles?

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Soccer’s World Cup meets Downtown Toronto

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 June 20
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Brian Fawcett has a little fun with the World Cup of Soccer

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Some Local News of Consequence

By Brian Fawcett / 2002 May 3
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Brian Fawcett reports on some local doings in his downtown Toronto neighbourhood

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