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Some year-end listening: My favourite tunes from 2022, part 2 (30-1)

Posted on December 31, 2022 by bhaggart

My favourite left-field pop tunes from 2022, from Canada, Australia and beyond (first part here). Enjoy, and best wishes for 2023. The mix: The list: 30. Jane Inc., 2120 What better way to kick off a top-30 list than with … Continue reading →

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Some year-end tuneage: My favourite songs from 2022, part 1 (50-31)

Posted on December 31, 2022 by bhaggart

As a music fan, I’m not immune to the pleasures of the year-end list. Or the year-end mix, for that matter. One of the great joys of the era of musical abundance in which we live is that it allows … Continue reading →

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Martin Regg Cohn and the mystery of the empty classrooms (Armchair quarterback edition)

Posted on November 24, 2021 by bhaggart

In this morning’s Toronto Star, columnist Martin Regg Cohn presents us with a puzzler about the pandemic issue of the moment, university students and online teaching: How to explain the incongruity of packing thousands of students into university dorms — … Continue reading →

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Newish article: Democratic Legitimacy in Global Platform Governance

Posted on August 5, 2021 by bhaggart

A recently published article of mine in Telecommunications Policy, with Clara Iglesias Keller. It’s Open Access, so please do check it out. It’s part of an excellent special issue on Norm entrepreneurship in internet governance, edited by by Roxana Radu, … Continue reading →

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Getting the order of operations right: Why the Ford government’s attempts to save the economy won’t work, and what to do about it

Posted on November 5, 2020 by bhaggart

TL;DR: To save the economy, first you gotta deal with the pandemic. Muddling around will only weaken the economy’s foundations. I’m a big fan of academics staying in their lane and sticking to their areas of expertise. Subject expertise in … Continue reading →

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