Vancouver's Opinionated Newspaper  August 19 to September 1 , 2004   •  No 95
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Health records may fall under Patriot Act

by Kevin Potvin

The government plans to sign a contract August 31 with US-based Maximus to take over management of BC citizens' health and pharmaceutical records. Maximus is subject to the USA Patriot Act

 

Among the provisions of the Patriot Act is to empower all US intelligence gathering agencies to snoop into records managed by private companies without warrants. Also, the act makes it illegal for any company whose records have been examined to reveal that information.

They call them heroes

by Chris LaVigne

LIFE IMITATES ART

In life as in the movies, heroes typically run roughshod over the rabble, hurting and killing those in the way of good intentions.

 

 

Kill a bunch of them to get oil, fire a thousand to save your portfolio from plummeting; it’s all equally justifiable in the end. It’s how heroes from Achilles to Jason Bourne have trained us to think.

Whose economy is this, anyway?

by Kevin Potvin

The reason large corporations seem to behave in ways we don’t like is because we don’t own them—a small and remote elite does. We can’t take it away from them without a lot of violence, but we might be able to compete against them peacefully, and cooperatively.

It is by now a nearly inescapable conclusion that if the majority of the economy remains in the hands of the present elites, the fate of the planet is doomed. And yet, it is equally certain that any attempt to wrest control of the economy from them by violent means would bring on only an equivalent doom.

How the US National Security Advisor office grew

by William Kay

FAULTY POWERS

This largely overlooked White House office has been the home of power in American foreign policy, and should be followed closely for clues about where America is going next

 

The war was “secret” only to Americans. The day following the bombing, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a formal complaint detailing the destruction, including the names of some of the killed.

We have seen the enemy . . .

by Michael Nenonen

POLITICAL SOUL

There’s lots in current affairs that can be reflected on to advantage with a look again at Frankenstein.

 

 

Chamber says let ‘em at it

by John Winter

The president of the BC Chamber of Commerce says fears surrounding the lifting of the moratorium against offshore exploration for gas and oil is misplaced

Turner's Movies

reviewed by Scott Turner

Titanic and, um, Titanic

Books we're reading this month

reviewed by Chris LaVigne

A History of Modern Palestine

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