Posted: June 03, 2003
Updated: June 04, 2003

W. as 9/11 movie hero flies in face of facts - Linda McQuaig
  It's astonishing that the most catastrophic event in American history has gone all but uninvestigated in the world's most apparently open democracy.

Reader comment
Game farms are not linked to Mad Cow - Luke Perkins, President, Saskatchewan Elk Breeders Association
  Steward's article distorted facts.

Media files

Plagiarists play in radio news - Byron Christopher
  An open letter to Jayson Blair.
 

G-8 commentary
NEPAD has changed world views but more needs to be done - Ross Herbert
  If aid is to work more effectively it must shift away from simple provision of health and education toward things that directly assist economic growth.

Global governance in need of repair - Roy Culpeper, North-South Institute
  Unstable capital movements around the world must be limited through policies at the national and international levels.

Communities, rights and change
HRDC creates new definition of poverty that should blow the others away - and count more as poor - Reuel S. Amdur
  Market Basket Measurement is a measure of whether or not people can live in dignity and decency.

A Happy Woman Gone Sour - Darlene Forest
  A poem about a choice between marital abuse or welfare hell.

Workplaces
Thomas Kochan's vision for rebuilding the labour movement - Mike Martin
  Getting unions to work more closely with other partners in the economy may be their only salvation, but it's a tough sell despite success stories such as CSTEC.

"Decriminalization"
Cannabis law reform in Canada - 2003 - Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
  Details of revised penalties under the federal government's proposed National Drug Strategy.

Why "decriminalization" won't happen - drugwar.com
  An interview with Toronto drug policy reform champion Alan Young.

Challenging US claims about cannabis exports from Canada - Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
  Canada in fact is only a minor supplier of cannabis to the United States.

National Drug Strategy a political gambit with more downs than ups - Ish Theilheimer
  Phony decriminalization continues war on the poor and encourages organized crime.

Your health
How to keep a healthy state of mind - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
  Have we gone too far in medicalizing our lives?
 

More reader comment
No benzene for bug relief - Vaudree
  Bounce unsafe as a mosquito repellent.

Ontario Northland Railway on the block - Ben Lefebvre
  Open letter to Ontario's Minister of Northern Development & Mines.

None dare call it fascism - Ole Hendrickson
  Gathering clouds south of the border mask a worrisome spectre.

Hot headlines
World more dangerous since War on Terror - Amnesty International

Ideologues setting up US for a crisis - Paul Krugman
  The lunatics are now in charge of the asylum.

The case for war is blown apart - Ben Russell and Andy McSmith in Kuwait City, The Independent

Pressure mounting on Bush and Blair - Associated Press

Fear and loathing in Louisville - Hunter S Thompson, The Independent
  Childhood memories from memoirs of the founder of Gonzo Journalism.

Amended securities rules make suing harder - Globe and Mail
  Ontario companies will get more defences under new rules.

The US and the UN - Gwynne Dyer
  "We give up, you're bigger than we are."
 
 

Worse to come in Ontario as dollar, power costs soar - Eric Reguly, Globe and Mail

Does the US intend to dominate the world by force? - An interview with Noam Chomsky, Amsterdam Forum
 
 

Drugstore cowboys - Adria Vasil, NOW Magazine
  Brand-name giants' hold on federal Liberals comes under competition bureau scrutiny.