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It’s not what you don’t know that will hurt you. It’s what you know that ain’t so. | mcgrath works
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. It’s not what you don’t know that will hurt you. It’s what you know that ain’t so. February 15, 2013. For many years I had a debate with friends who were hockey fans. They were convinced that the key for a team to win the Stanley Cup was for it to have a great goaltender. I didn’t accept this to be true for a number of reasons:. I didn’t know what they meant by “great” goaltending. My counterparts in this debate ult...
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Those were the days. Or were they? | mcgrath works
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. Those were the days. Or were they? February 22, 2013. My earliest memory is standing by the sink in the bathroom of my grandfather’s house in 1952 and looking across the hall at my grandfather asleep in his bed. It is my only personal memory of my grandfather. Well, maybe that’s what it is. Or have I constructed most or all of that out of my imagination? How do I know it was 1952? I’ll never know. 8221; The man repl...
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Just another pre-scripted “reality” show? | mcgrath works
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. Just another pre-scripted “reality” show? October 14, 2013. I often wonder whether the members of the Canadian political intelligentsia (never did a word more deserve quotation marks) grasp how cynical they appear. Maybe they are aware but don’t think that anyone will notice, or perhaps they’re unaware and they actually believe the self-serving rhetoric they espouse. The fun begins in earnest on Wednesday. You are c...
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. Corporate Social Responsibility: It’s not that simple these days (come to think of it, was it ever? April 27, 2014. There’s no such thing as bad publicity … really? April 27, 2014. There’s something in the air. Let’s start with a quiz. Below is a bar chart displaying CO2 emissions in million tonnes per year from three sources. Select from the 4 alternatives the three sources that are displayed and matc...8220;For ev...
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Bright lines and dumb ideas | mcgrath works
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. Bright lines and dumb ideas. March 12, 2014. 8220;For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”. 8211; H.L. Mencken. 8220;who is he talking to? Surely the celebrants had turned off their TVs half an hour ago. He made the statement without a hint of irony (it was a hockey broadcast, after all). Floating candles in a heated swimming pool for Earth Hour. Viewership dropped because of.
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Canada’s Dutch Disease: mis-diagnosis or malpractice? | mcgrath works
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. Canada’s Dutch Disease: mis-diagnosis or malpractice? January 13, 2014. As reported in the National Post at the time ( Thomas Mulcair’s Dutch Disease warning supported by OECD report,. While it might not be a revelation to learn that serious economic discussion does not take place in the political arena, the Globe’s story is a useful reminder. January 13, 2014. Just another pre-scripted “reality” show? Enter your co...
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mcgrath works | Society, business, politics, environment, & economy – "the things we know that ain't so." | Page 2
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. It must be true, I saw it at the movies. In a recent issue of the New York Review of Books Steve Coll wrote a critique of the film Zero Dark Thirty. He took issue with the fact that it implied that the torture of prisoners played a significant role in uncovering the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, leading to his subsequent assassination. Coll’s analysis…. February 3, 2013. Hidden value … well hidden. January 12, 2013.
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There’s something in the air. | mcgrath works
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. There’s something in the air. March 22, 2014. Let’s start with a quiz. Below is a bar chart displaying CO2 emissions in million tonnes per year from three sources. Select from the 4 alternatives the three sources that are displayed and match them with the right columns. Animal manure in the US in 2010. Electricity production from coal in Ohio in 2011. Oil sands production in Alberta in 2011. The picture above is an ...
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It’s in the numbers | mcgrath works
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Society, business, politics, environment, and economy – the things we know that ain't so. It’s in the numbers. April 9, 2013. Ironic as it may seem the first time an international women’s hockey tournament culminates with neither Canada nor the USA in the final will be the day we can celebrate the ‘arrival’ of the sport. I don’t imagine that will happen soon, and I wonder if it ever will. April 9, 2013. Bright lines and dumb ideas. Vive l’exception française! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. RT @ Bell LetsTalk.
