The Rover: reporters who carry knives

Why did a Toronto Star columnist bring a deadly weapon to cover homelessness?

By the time I saw Rose’s fist, it was too late to do anything about it.

I remember thinking, “Oh dear,” and watching helplessly as her calloused knuckles snapped my head back. Luckily she telegraphed the second punch and I ducked under it.

As evasive maneuvers go, it lacked the grace of Ali slipping Joe Frazier’s right cross at Madison Square Garden. Rath…