Posted: October 14, 2003

The dumb, mean populism of Arnold and W - Linda McQuaig
  Why the image of a pre-programmed killer is the perfect springboard for a political career in today's America.

Voters in a state of change - Mark Z. Barabak, LA Times
  For millions of angry Californians, the idea - fuelled by massive campaign spending - was change, and no character flaw on Schwartzenegger's part seemed to matter.

Academic freedom and licence
SFU blasted for blackballing activist professor from Woodsworth Chair - Philip Fine
  CAUT report cites flawed hiring process and violation of academic freedom in David Noble case.

McGill University lowered entry standards for former cabinet minister's child - Philip Fine
  Wrongful dismissal suit alleges staff pressured to admit under-qualified students, athletes.

Your health
Manufacturing patients - Alan Cassels, CBC Ideas
  Drug companies invent disorders to colonize a whole range of human normality - such as compulsive shopping, boyhood exuberance, and maturity - and leave people wondering "when did I turn from a person to a patient?"

Communities, rights and change
Risk of losing charitable status ties groups to symptoms, not cures - Reuel S. Amdur
  Federal agency makes minor changes, but still prohibits lobbying internationally against torture, or for endangered species.

West Coast news
BC Liberals admit the Georgia Straight is a newspaper - Louise Leclair
  Bowing to public pressure, government retreats from demand for $1 million back taxes.

Watershed Ways

Europeans understand the value of bicycles - Lynn Jones
  Canadian cities begin to add bike lanes, neighbourhood trails.
 
 

Commentary

Ontario NDP must look within - and change - Mike Martin
  Party can't win attempting to appeal to the middle.
 

Return of the right in Saskatchewan - John Conway
  A take-no-prisoners look at the Saskatchewan Party as swords are drawn for November election.

October 7th - When the US bled our children to death - Mohammed Daud Miraki
  A graphic reminder of what US bombing campaign has done in Afghanistan and the climate it has created.

Hot headlines
Sask Party leader admits he would sell off most Crown assets - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
  Crown corporation battle could define the provincial election.

Israel deploys US-supplied armed cruise missiles in submarines - The Guardian
  Nuclear warheads could be launched from sea against Syria for "harbouring terrorists".

Who's winning the "war on terror" in Afghanistan? - Ahmed Rashid, Beirut Daily Star
  Kabul fell to US-led coalition nearly 2 years ago, but ousted regime is again thriving along southern border.

American company to count Canadian heads in 2006
  Liberals award Census contract to "Star Wars arms giant" - NDP.

Take action
Vive le Canada protests Lockheed federal Census contract - Susan Thompson
  Group proposes Census boycott, starts email petition campaign.