January 8, 2004 •  No 79

• Accounting scandal at BC Rail?
  The documents police seized at the BC legislature in December may be tied to the vastly under-priced hidden accounting assets CN acquired when it purchased BC Rail
  by Kevin Potvin

• The rout of BC labour
  Against a backdrop of union acquiescence and dispiriting losses, the ferry workers demonstrate brilliant and successful strategy
  by Reed Eurchuk

• Playing with history
  The more realistic video games become, the less they portray reality
  by Chris LaVigne

• What happens when they realize they're losing?
  The most useful parallel to draw against the War on Terrorism is World War II. That one ended with a bang
  by Kevin Potvin

• The cloning of Saudi Arabia
  Central Asian regimes embrace the Saudi model of democracy, under US tutelage
  by Joe Donaldson

• Severing the noose
  The left needs more empathy for the representatives of the right who suffer in quiet desperation
  by Michael Nenonen

• Bogging down in Baghdad
  Info-war isn't going well as American cyber-fantasies keep getting interrupted by Iraqi realities
  by William W Kay

• Momo Presents: 2003: A Strange Odyssey
  Packed with testosterone and military might, 2003 will be best remembered by USA's unshakable commitment to liberating oil from around the world. Here is a brief tour of some of this year's highlights!
  a cartoon by Sarah Moser

• Insurance-as-you-go
  Why must we buy car insurance for each day whether we choose to use our cars or not? How about an incentive to use cars less
  View from the Republic

• Turner's Movies
  Gothika and Master & Commander: Far Side of the World
  reviewed by Scott Turner

• Books we're reading this month
  Canada's Little War; Culture and Resistance; Liberating Korea?; America Unbound; Canada: The Foundations of its Future
  reviewed by Matthew Burrows, Chris LaVigne, and Kevin Potvin

• Letters to the Republic

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