Q. What’s the worst age to be? A. Mine, which in one week sees me both condescended to by a friend’s boyfriend’s late-40s/early-50s friends: “Nancy Pelosi — oh, she’s the…” “I know who Nancy Pelosi is, thanks.” “Senior advisor? What do [could] you [possibly] give advice on?” “Back when I went to McGill — acontinue reading
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But Brooklin is booming!
Could the communications team at the Toronto Real Estate Board be the worst in the city? Granted, TREB is the lobby group representing realtors, know most for erratic capitalization and repeated punctuation marks. And, OK, it’s hard to put out press release after press release about a deflating market after years of hyperbolic boasting aboutcontinue reading
Real Estate Ad of the Week
From today’s Globe. It seems the identity of the seller is more important than the property — which doesn’t say much for the property. I’d imagine this sales pitch appeals greatly to a specific type of southern Ontario Anglophile, though: BRITISH HEIRESS Due to declining years wishes to sell country estate, 1 hour from Toronto.continue reading
From Great Unwind to Greater Depression?
While thoughts of deflation are rippling through the Anglosphere, the European Central Bank is still more concerned about rising prices, hiking interest rates again today. There are a couple of reasons this makes sense: one, the ECB’s only mission is to contain inflation, while the US Federal Reserve, the shadow of which hangs over allcontinue reading
Anglo agony
You’ve probably been ignoring it, enjoying the summer instead, but in case you’re wondering how the economy in the Anglosphere is looking these days, on this first business day of the second half in Canada, and first official day of a bear market in the U.S., two words: pretty bad. Here in Canada, even BMOcontinue reading
Fraser fantasies
I can’t believe I’m bothering to quarrel with a report from the Fraser Institute, but sometimes it’s just too tempting to resist. The right-wing think tank released a survey yesterday that will be the foundation of its urban policy research agenda, headed up by that champion of cities, former Ontario premier Mike Harris. Among thecontinue reading
And if you like world class cities, go live in one
Ever-wise city councillors vote to kill street life on Bloor. I guess they’re hoping this will transform the exciting line-up of nondescript architecture, inexpensive European chain clothing stores and discounters into Toronto’s own answer to the Magnificent Mile. If you’d rather be able to buy the occasional hot dog, well, perhaps you should just move: Councillorcontinue reading
The neighbourhood is different. The crime is the same.
Do you remember Tyler Roulston? What about Tristan Wright? Jonathan Rodrigues? What high schools did they go to? They were all shooting victims under the age of 25 this year in Toronto. One may have been known to police. Another was shot in front of a house party with dozens of witnesses. Another was killedcontinue reading
Or like being entangled in an enigma wrapped in a riddle
An awfully specific simile from the Economist: Spending time in Russia is a bit like taking the psychotropic anti-malarial drug Larium: anyone with a propensity to anxiety should probably avoid it.
Peaking skepticism
A recent Economist article highlights some of the questions over whether we’re experiencing peak oil now or not. There have been a number of stories recently alleging that oil prices are artificially high right now in part because there are vast quantities of crude sitting on ships offshore. Another issue is limited refinery capacity. Accordingcontinue reading