Society
Social trends and analyses.
A top doctor dissents: lockdowns not the answer
“Lockdown will have at best a short-term impact on Covid cases”: One public-health expert challenges the Canadian media’s consensus. _________________________________ INTERVIEW Dr Richard Schabas, former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario and the country’s best-recognized lockdown critic, granted the following interview to davidwinch.website. Q. Dr Schabas, first a bit of background: you served as Chief Medical…
Spy — satire with a stiletto
The 1980s were golden for satirists in New York City, as blowhard personalities such as mayor Ed Koch, the Yankees’ George Steinbrenner and garish hustler Donald Trump dominated the mediascape. Celebrity headliners from Spike Lee and Madonna to Darryl Strawberry also crowded the tabloid fronts. Upstart magazine Spy took full aim, with a brazen style…
A phony crisis: tourism blooms in Montreal
My impression from discussions over recent years with New Yorkers and Europeans, especially young people, is that they have an almost absurdly positive view of Canada generally and Montreal specifically
Census and sensibility: Anglo angst deflated
Talk of decline and ‘exodus’ comes easily to Quebec commentators, but federal figures are far more realistic by David Winch, October 1, 2017 MONTREAL – The touchiness in Quebec about demographic issues could be described, apologies to Jane Austen, as census and sensibility. Following the release of the 2016 mid-term federal census (in August 2017),…
Telecommuting: city jobs move to country locales
The scenic Townships region near the U.S. border is drawing more city professionals from Montreal, who find small-town life accessible in an online world by David Winch, Montreal Gazette January 8, 2017 KNOWLTON — Susan Pepler wanted to try a new neighbourhood. A downtown Montreal denizen, the Concordia grad and Dawson-certified designer was happy and…
Prisoners of age: old folks in jail
LIFE SENTENCE Older inmates are packing U.S. prisons and colouring them with shades of gray Foreword from the book Prisoners of Age (2000): http://www.prisonersofage.com/home Photos by Ron Levine Text by David Winch “My prison is becoming a old folks home” — Warden of 3,000-prisoner Angola state penitentiary in Louisiana I was young and…