Creative consumers assert control over intellectual property rights - Ish Theilheimer
  Napster was the tip of the iceberg to come as corporations and consumers go head to head over copyright.

B.C. leaky condo owners taking fight to Ottawa
  Feds won't listen so residents trek to Nation's Capital. A link to MyCanadianNews.com.

Harris' double welfare standard - Reuel Amdur
  Welfare fraud convict Kimberly Rogers died for her sins - in contrast with royal treatment of Jamie Watt and Al McLean.

Inequality is Bad for Our Hearts - Dennis Raphael explains the link between low economic status and heart disease.
 
 

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Posted: August 23, 2001