NEWS
Religion and politics - a volatile mix
By Barrie Zwicker
  The media's treatment of religion as an issue was pivotal in the Canadian federal election of 2000.
 

Health alternatives under the gun
By Bruce Livesey
  Is Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons persecuting alternative health practitioners?

Will Canada host the $14 Billion ITER fusion project?
  Canada's Nuclear Safety Commission is hearing license renewal applications this month, as noted in two recent items in Hot Headlines, and concerns have been raised about existing nuclear facilities. The biggest one yet may be coming, as Suzanne Elston reported last April in Straight Goods.

The most important strike in Canada you've never heard of
By Mick Lowe
  Background on the miners who invaded the Ontario Legislature.
 

Publisher's welcome:
Post-election punditry misses the point on future of the Left
By Ish Theilheimer
  A practical debate must focus on pro-consumer, pro-worker, pro-citizen politics.

AN ETHICAL HOLIDAY TO YOU!
Stuff we really don't want for Christmas
  New holiday animation from Jim Kempkes. Consumer stuff that does no one a favour.
  (You need Shockwave^® software to view this cartoon and others in the Straight Goods cartoon gallery - it takes a few minutes to download, but it's not hard to install and it's absolutely free.)

The Straight Goods Forum: Jewish and loving it... Larry Solway comments on Chanukah, Christmas envy and the elevation of the humble latke to the status of plum pudding. Others join him in his reminiscence and reflection, including Bram Morrison, who agrees, and Rabbi Gunther Plaut, who doesn't. Now it's your turn. What do YOU think of the Silly Season? State your views and see what others have written... Take the Straight Goods poll.

Xmas Xcess
  Pat Daley returns to Straight Goods talking about commercials we hate and how you can fight back.

New Christmas rituals that embrace human values
  Carolyn Pogue writes of small movements of people who want to reclaim Christmas.
 
 

I'm dreaming of an ethical holiday
By Kathe Lieber
  Imagine a mall-free December with no crowds, no canned choruses of The Little Drummer Boy, no overheated children screaming for the latest overhyped toy.

SPECIAL: BANKS WE LOVE TO HATE
Citizen Journalism: Banks Ignore Needs of Small Business
By Moe Morris
  Most of Canada's banks have little regard and offer no help for struggling entrepreneurs.

Notes from Banking Hell
  Straight Goods editor Susan Sperling tells how the Scotia Bank cash machine almost ate her paycheque.

Will Paul Martin give the bank watchdog a longer leash?
  Paul Weinberg asked this question in Straight Goods last April.

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