SARS coverage fuels fear instead of calming it - John Doyle, Globe and Mail
The way the SARS crisis has played out on TV has been bizarre to watch.
SARS hysteria media hype? - Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz
US public health commentator says international media hype has frightened people beyond reason, leading them to give up certain rights in the name of combating the disease.
SARS Quiz - Leonard G. Horowitz
Surprising facts on infectious diseases.
Unions speak out on the SARS outbreak - LabourStart.org
News from unions around the world on the impact of SARS on workers.
Mosquitoes and the West Nile Virus - Joe Lor, Farmgate
Don't freak - here are precautions you can take.
How to turn mosquitoes off
Folk wisdom from the Internet.
Iraq post mortem
Iraq: the unanswered questions - Gwynne Dyer
The Bush administration is just as capable of bare-faced lying as its various distinguished predecessors of both parties, and a lot of the answers we are being given don't hold water.
Hans Blix vs the US: "I was undermined" - The Independent
Chief UN weapons inspector accuses Bush administration of lacking credibility in its efforts to hunt down Iraq's banned weapons.
US planners underestimated Iraqi Shi'ites - Washington Post
Officials underestimated organizational strength of Shi'ite majority and are not prepared to stop rise of an anti-American, Islamic fundamentalist government.
No smoking gun in letters between Iraq and al-Qaeda - Martin Bright and Jason Burke, The Observer
Despite talks between them, most analysts believe the ideological differences between Hussein and the terrorists were insurmountable.
US critics find economic war a viable option - Will Hutton
American companies and brands have been at the receiving end of a small but highly visible boycott movement.
The Boss on Free Speech and Patriotism - John Nichols' Online Beat
Bruce Springsteen is not one to let his voice be frozen out by a free speech chill.
Your health
Who should choose, you or your doctor? - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
Often, there is no single best choice about treatment.
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Consumers aren't getting balanced information about new prescription drugs.
Women's health at risk - Canadian Women's Health Network
Women have been canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the safety of drugs and medical devices in Canada.
Workplaces
Benefits in sick bay - Paulette Peirol, Globe and Mail
Employers and unions are grappling with creative ways to ease costs of health care plans.
Canadian politics
Last chance for Eves government to pull together a coherent platform this Spring - Inside Queen's Park
If speech does not improve Tory polling numbers, the chances are further diminished for a spring election.
SRI Reports - News on Socially Responsible Investment and Shareholder Activism
Suncor caves in to labour pressure for corporate accountability - Financial Post
Carpenters Fund leads shareholders in successful revolt against executive to force company to treat stock options as expenses.
Oilpatch shareholders want answers on Kyoto - Chris Varcoe, CanWest News Service
It's AGM season and environmentalists are organizing to force companies in which they own shares to behave.
Union pension funds curbing CEO pay - Jake Ulick, CNN/MOney
Outrage over rising executive pay has led to a record number of shareholder requests to curb CEO compensation.
Your Earth
Deny the damages of consumerism - Suzanne Elston
When we look inside the garbage bag, we see countless examples of how our lack of mindfulness adds up to a whole lot of trash.
Factory farms taking root in developing world - Environment News Service
Meat producers are looking abroad for less oversight and cheaper production costs.
BC First Nations sue fish farms, province, feds - Environment News Service
Suit demands immediate protection of wild fish.
Media files
Slate sets a Web 'zine first: making money - after 7 years - David Carr, NY Times
Slate could be the exception that ends up disproving the rule that content sites serve as a trapdoor for good intentions and megabucks.
Hot headlines
Why NAFTA isn't working in Mexico - Paul Harris, YellowTimes.org
Industrialization of Mexico's agriculture formulated under NAFTA won't work because 25% rely on subsistence farming as a form of welfare security.
Poppy struck gold for W with Canada Connection - Greg Palast
The shady - and extremely lucrative - connections between former president George H. W. ("Poppy") Bush, a little-known Canadian gold mining company, and the political fortunes of Poppy's son Dubya.
Take action
Montreal G20 Trial Verdict: - Not Guilty - Jonathan Aspireault-Masse, Jaggi Singh and Christina Xydous
Anti-globailzation activists defendants cleared of riot and unlawful assembly charges dating from October 2000.
Humour
Why did the chicken cross the road?
A modern American perspective on an age-old question.
