Posted: September 10, 2008

REAL LEADERS ARE WILLING TO TAKE RISKS by Linda McQuaig
  Stephen Harper says that tackling global warming would be too risky.
 
 

FLYING BLIND INTO MONSTER STORM SEASON by Stephen Leahy
  Forty percent of weather satellites due to go out of service within two years and USA won't replace them.
 
 

AFGHAN PULLOUT BLUES by Paul Weinberg
  Shifting US strategy jeopardizes PM's promised 2011 exit.
 
 

THE AMERICAN EMPIRE by James Laxer
  Soap operas obscure the underlying election campaign debate.
 
 

MeanToons
ELECTION ECONOMICS by John Meaney
  Sometimes things just don't add up.

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Editorial

"DON'T THINK OF AN ELEPHANT" LEADER by Ish Theilheimer
  A call for coalition politics will delight the anti-Harper majority.
 
 

Faith speaks


TALKING THE WALK AGAINST VIOLENCE by Penney Kome
  Muslim cleric attracts multifaith support.
 
 

Science matters
LESSONS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  "Respect your elders", "Live within your means" and "Clean up your own mess" never go out of fashion.
 

Canadian Politics


TRUST IS THE KEY TO A MAJORITY by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harper gambling that voters trust and are comfortable with him.
 
 

IGNORING CHERISHED TORY VALUES by Gillian Steward
  Alberta Conservatives don't even aspire to the goals the Harperites tout.
 
 

HARPER RECYCLES 1996 SLOGAN by Bill Tieleman
  BC NDP used "On your side" slogan to attack Liberal government in 1996 provincial election.
 
 

CREATE DRUG TREATMENT COURTS SOON IN NB by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Diverting people charged with addiction-related crimes to treatment programs can save time, money, and lives.
 

SALT RIVER NATION LANDS CLAIMS SETTLEMENT from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
  Government of Canada creates new reserve in the NWT.

Workplaces
LEVELING THE NAFTA PLAYING FIELD from the United Steel Workers
  Canadian and US USW locals to "adopt" 3,000 striking workers' families in Mexico.

DIG INTO MUSHROOM FARM FATALITIES: UNION from the United Food and Commercial Workers
  Farmworkers union calls for public inquiry into "confined space" deaths.

Consumers
THE TEN WORST INSURANCE COMPANIES from the American Association for Justice
  Insurance industry employs "Deny, Delay, Defend" strategy, puts profits over policyholders.

Media files


NEW MICHAEL MOORE MOVIE, FREE! by Michael Moore
  Project aimed at helping mobilize youth for '08 Election.
 
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

THE COMPLETE REFERENCE ON THE HARPER GOVERNMENT For in-depth reporting and analysis on Stephen Harper's Conservatives, see StraightGoods.ca's sister site, the Harper Index.   HarperIndex.ca

Hot headlines
THE PALIN CHOICE: THE REALITY OF THE POLITICAL MIND by George Lakoff
  McCain's VP choice is more important as a metaphorical figure than as a real person.
 

TALIBANISTAN by Dexter Filkins
  US, Canadian forces find their fiercest fights right on the edge between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

WILL OLYMPICS ATTRACT HUMAN TRAFFICKERS? by Doerthe Keilholz
  Awareness campaign slated for fall, but no convictions yet.

HOW TO REDUCE ABORTION RATES by Joseph Wright and Michael Bailey
  Socioeconomic support matters more than laws.

Take action!
SMALL ISLAND NATIONS SEND S.O.S. TO WORLD from Avaaz
  Global warming threatens to engulf inhabited islands, from the Maldives to Papua New Guinea.

Feedback from our readers
RE: "QUEBEC ANTI-NUKE ACTIVISTS RISE UP" by Len Gould
  Reader takes offence to article.

Humour
SHODDY TREATMENT OR NOT from the Internet
  It's all relative to your expectations.