Posted: June 09, 2010

MAXIMIZE YOUR EROEI by Tony McQuail
  We may love our machines, but they don't love us.
 
 

THE PROBLEM WITH ETHANOL FUEL by Lester R Brown
  Cars and people compete for grain.
 
 

SPEAKING OF OIL-SOAKED DUCKS... by Gillian Steward
  Awareness of oil risks seeps north.
 
 

PAKISTAN TEETERING AGAIN by Jeff Gedmin
  We can't get it right in Afghanistan if we get it wrong in Pakistan.
 
 

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Editorial

TRAINING TALKING HEADS by Ish Theilheimer
  George Lakoff dissects Republican and Democratic media strategies.
 

Gordon's corner


THE G20'S TEMPORARY TOTALITARIANISM by Charles Gordon
  The only reasonable solution is a summit on Mars.
 
 

Science matters

BILGE AVERSION by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  Cruise ship industry needs better waste-control standards.
 

MeanToons
MERGE LEFT
  Now this is a whole different kind of race.

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Canadian Politics

THINGS THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN by Geoffrey Stevens
  Why taxpayers will never recover even a dime from Mulroney.
 
 

NOT A DONE DEAL YET by Elsie Hambrook
  Young women still fighting for equality with men.
 
 

SINGLE CENTRE-LEFT PARTY A PIPEDREAM by Bill Tieleman
  Federal Liberal-NDP coalition will never work.
 
 

BILL 11, MEET SUPERBOARD by Diana Gibson
  Privatization looms behind new Bill to merge Alberta health rules.
 
 

Faith speaks

A TIME FOR MORAL RECKONING by Jim Wallis
  Catastrophic oil spill in Gulf should revivify our commitments to stewardship.
 

Workplaces

SKILLED BUT NOT HIRED by Mehdi Rizvi
  Small study of Moroccan Immigrant women finds barriers in the Canadian job market.
 
 

Consumers
BITING THE LOAN SHARK from the Federal Trade Commission, USA
  Countrywide will pay USD$108 million for overcharging: FTC.

World beat

EXODUS REVERSED by Uri Avnery
  Israel chose the worst of several bad options.
 
 

Media files

THE ARMAGEDDON FUROR by Dennis Gruending
  Critics respond to Marci McDonald's book according to their own beliefs.
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

POW G8 AND G20 TEACH-INS Summits actually do present opportunities to learn – usually at the counter-conference. While official news releases may be bafflegab, these workshops can be eye-openers. Cerebral types often prefer something like the June 18 People's Summit, organized by the Council of Canadians, while the hands-on crowd might go for the grassroots G8/G20 Toronto Community Mobilization, June 25-27. All in Toronto, though.

Hot headlines

FAKE MUSKOKA COSTS REAL BUCKS by Greg Weston
  Plan to take the great outdoors indoors for global media more than a little loony.
 

Take action!
FIFA IS COMING from the Clean Clothes Campaign
  Soccer ball stitchers need your support.

Humour
AWESOME LADY GAGA A CAPELLA COVER from Collegehumor.com
  Sixteen handsome young guys sing and dance to a most unlikely song.