Posted: September 23, 2009

AMERICANS WOULD RATHER DIE THAN SHARE by Linda McQuaig
  US debate on health care is a warning to Canadians.
 
 

OBAMA ACTUALLY LISTENS TO LABOUR by Mel Watkins
  Free-trade advocates cry foul as US restricts imports of Chinese tires.
 
 

CHANGING THE (INDIAN) STATUS QUO by John Rowinski
  Sharon McIvor loses ground on appeal, seeks appeal to Supreme Court.
 
 

HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS UP by Gerry McCarthy
  Nationally, a quarter of high school students don't graduate.
 
 

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Editorial

STRIKING SUDBURY MINERS REFLECT NIGHTMARE OF RESOURCE SELL-OUT by Ish Theilheimer
  With capital in control, Michael Moore's call for democracy is timely.
 

Science matters
LET'S RETHINK OUR APPROACH TO GARBAGE by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Canadians recycle 20 percent of our waste. We can do better.
 

TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD — WITHOUT FUEL by Stephen Leahy
  Non-polluting solar airplanes are on the drawing board.
 
 

MeanToons
WEIGHING THE DAMAGE
  There's insult, and then there's...

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Canadian Politics
NO ELECTION BEFORE NEXT SUMMER by Geoffrey Stevens
  If Harper is smart, he can maintain the rent-a-majority until after the Olympics.
 
 

UNWANTED PREGNANCIES, UNWANTED CHILDREN by Elsie Hambrook
  Helping people plan their families can prevent child deaths.
 
 

EXPOSING HST MYTHS by Bill Tieleman
  Government, Globe misstate effects of new tax.
 
 

FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATE WINS BY-ELECTION by Gillian Steward
  Emergence of Wild Rose Party could split conservative vote and benefit Liberals, NDP.
 

Consumers
CURB THOSE EXTRA FEES! from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre
  New PIAC report calls for consumer protection laws.

BEWARE THE PUPPY SCAM from Phonebusters.com
  Never pay in advance for a puppy you haven't seen.

Hot headlines
NEWSWEEK RATES THE 500 GREENEST BIG COMPANIES by Daniel McGinn
  Year-long project develops tools, methodology.

THE AFGHAN FOLLIES by Gwynne Dyer
  Widespread electoral fraud by Karzai offers Obama a way out, if he's willing to take it.
 
 

"OPEN CARRY" AT OBAMA SPEECH by Rachel Maddow
  Right-wing online radio host organized gun-rights demonstration.

PICK OF THE WEEK

GLOBE'S MIXED MEDIA REPORT WINS EMMY Expensive, difficult and innovative, The Globe and Mail's Talking to the Taliban project combines analysis and daring video interviews with 517 Taliban fighters. No one fighter said much, but overall their answers reveal a great deal about the fears and anger that prolong the resistence in Afghanistan. And, oh yeah, the project beat the New York Times for the Emmy for New Approaches to News and Documentary. v1.theglobeandmail.com/talkingtothetaliban

Take action!
SUPPORT LOCKED-OUT CADILLAC-FAIRVIEW WORKERS from CEP
  Longtime workers told to re-apply for jobs, undergo probation.

Humour
GETTING A DAY OFF from the Internet
  That's one way to see the light.