Cities, Neighborhoods and Fear

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Perhaps analogous to Thoreau’s adage that “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” is something like “inner city-dwellers live in varying levels of constant fear.” I say this as someone who recently moved to a pretty rough neighborhood in Winnipeg, where the fearful whispers of people who find out that we live in … Read more →

The Politics of Bottled Water

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The little things are the big things. The things that are woven into the fabric of our everyday life are so tightly that we don’t even notice that they’re there. Take water for instance. You need it. Based on the fact that you’re made up of 50-75% water. I remember when bottled water was looked … Read more →