Posted: January 11, 2005

ALTRUISM TRUMPS GREED by Linda McQuaig
  Outpouring of tsunami relief refutes business school mentality.
 
 

ROMERO HOUSE IN "FIGHT OF OUR LIVES" by Mary Jo Leddy
  "Safe Third Country" treaty turns back refugees before they reach Canada.

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE TERRORISTS... by Thom Hartmann
  Bush administration's executive suspension of centuries-old habeas corpus right should ring loud alarm bells.
 

THE PRICE OF "FREE" INFORMATION by Lanny Boutin
  Requests filed under Alberta "Freedom of Information" Act carry hefty fees.
 
 

JETSGO'S HOLIDAY FIASCO by Penney Kome
  Not only did the airline strand my family members among 3,000 passengers, it has yet to refund my ticket cost.
 

PRESS BLACKOUT ON IRAQI TRADE UNION LEADER'S MURDER by Doug Ireland
  Union activists as much at risk in Iraq as in Colombia.

HELPING HANDS IN WRONG PLACES from a letter circulated by the Women and Media Collective, Nawala, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lankan women request rules for rescuers.

Communities, rights and change

RUSSIANS TEST THEIR OWN BMD by Reuel S Amdur
  US program triggers new arms race - in space.
 
 

Workplaces

SAFE WORK FOR SEX TRADE WORKERS by Mike Martin
  Current policies make prostitutes fair game for battering, murder.
 

Watershed ways

THE WONDER OF SNOW by Lynn Jones
  Sparkling, drifting, muffling the world, snowflakes are miracles of nature.
 
 

Consumers
RRSPS NOT FOR EVERYBODY
  RRSPs may be more useful as a tax dodge than as pension planning.

Canadian Politics
WHY DID GARY COLLINS RESIGN AS BC'S FINANCE MINISTER? by bill tieleman
  High profile departure may signal Liberal swing to hard right.

Media files
CNN CANCELS "CROSSFIRE" by Lynn Smith, Los Angeles Times
  Jon Stewart's comments on "Crossfire" persuaded CNN president that the show trivialized the news.

World beat
CHINA'S CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS by Daisy Sindelar
  Nation faces a future with a shortage of brides and abundance of elderly.
 

US election watch
US NEEDS UNIFORM VOTING PROCEDURES from the Office of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones
  Congresswoman and Senator force Congress to debate certification of Ohio Electoral College votes.

Hot headlines
WHERE WAS GOD? by Rabbi Michael Lerner
  Humanity needs to take responsibility for ongoing crises.

JOHN KERRY'S LAST FLIP-FLOP by Sam Parry
  Democratic candidate declines to support Congressional call to investigate Ohio vote.

THE END OF WAR by Gwynne Dyer
  We can learn to make peace over the next few years - or we all can die.

US TROOPS IN IRAQ "A BROKEN FORCE" by Tom Bowman
  In a memo to Army brass, Reserves leader says overseas demands, dysfunctional policies pose a 'grave danger'.

Feedback from our readers
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FLASH FLOOD FAD? by Dave Meslin
  Death on this scale is not a unique phenomenon.

WCBS FAILING INJURED WORKERS by DM Boyle
  Workers' Compensation was supposed to be a straightforward, no-fault plan, but, for some, it has become a frustrating maze of denials.