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The empire reaches back

by Phil Rockstroh

An American blames the Nixon regime which was never fully exorcised

We may be mortified by the actions of the US Government and the corporate overlords who own and operate it, yet we carry the empire within us as deeply as we carry the imprints of our parents' faces.

Relax the human rights demands

by Kevin Potvin

If we need to compromise with Arab societies, that may include working with regimes we find repugnant

What the US wants is dibs on remaining stocks of oil for consumption at home by US cars and around the world by US-based companies. It’s not an unreasonable desire.

This little piggy went to Senate

by Andrea Reimer

Larry Campbell proves he is cut out to be a politician afterall

Women barred from justice

by Sonia Marino

Conditions for women in prisons in BC are deplorable and unnecessary

For the past nine years women have been held in isolation in men’s maximum security prisons.

Visit the dark side

by Michael Nenonen

Corruption and decay are essential ingredients of rebirth and growth. Embrace it.

Long despised as the epitome of depravity, Queer culture has produced lifestyles, philosophies, and artistic movements that are helping regenerate our moribund world.

Cognitive dimwits

by Jennifer Matsui

It isn’t just the Republicans who are lost in the fog, so are the Democrats

"It's not my job to nuance", said Bush, unintentionally admitting that his throwback brain was stuck somewhere between the dinosaurs and his club-carrying, knuckle dragging ancestors who roamed Eden's lushly tended golf courses six thousand years ago.

Sustainable communities

by Dan Crawford

Canadian municipalities have a great chance to de-centralize services

Tolerant Vancouver

by Kevin Potvin

It took the efforts of generations of free thinkers, but the city today is among the world’s most open and tolerant

Books we're reading this month

reviewed by Kevin Potvin

Twilight in the Desert

Turner's Movies

reviewed by Scott Turner

They Came Back and Pepe le Moko

Letters to the Republic

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