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The F-Word

How politics and language mix

In the Human Frame

Memories of the baffled king

Balance the Books

The case for Canadian publishing

Michael Booth

Michael Booth served as a policy advisor in the administration of Toronto mayor David Miller and is the former director of special projects for the Literary Review of Canada.

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Michael Booth

Cracked

Placing the Ford mayoralty in long-term perspective March 2016
It is one of the mixed blessings of our political culture that our memories tend to be rather short. Accomplishments and failures of previous administrations are often forgotten or misappropriated as the next lot takes over. This seems particularly true of municipal politics. Although every city council has long-serving members, mayors tend to attract attention only when in…