Category: Opinion

  • 2017 Best of the DTM Awards

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    David McNair
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    Thanks to all who voted this year. And here are the results. A few changes from last year’s selections. Congratulations to all the winners! DTM’s Best Coffee Shop 1st Place – Mudhouse 2nd Place –Java Java Cafe 3rd Place – Grit Coffee DTM’s Best Retail Shop 1st Place – O’suzannah 2nd Place – Low Vintage…

  • Did the Dalai Lama say “Fuck it”?

    Did the Dalai Lama say “Fuck it”?

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    David McNair
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    Now, of course, there are a lot more meaningful things to say about the Dalai Lama’s visit, but the more we think about this episode in “meaning” the more it interests us. We’ve listened to the video of the Paramount Theater talk, and it sure sounds like “fuck it” to us. What’s more, the reaction…

  • The DTM: what can’t you walk to?

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    David McNair
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    One of the things that make the DTM so unique is that it is like a little city-scape, or rather all the things that make city streets special packed into these 9 blocks. Seriously, think of all the things you can walk to when you’re standing on the DTM….kinda blows your mind. You can walk…

  • DTM only for the privilaged?

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    David McNair
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    A blogger named Patience_Crabstick pens a post critical of the Downtown Mall, saying it feels “more and more like it’s for customers only.” She’s tired to of having one sidewalk over the Belmont Bridge closed off, too. What do you think?