International Hearings on 9/11
International Hearings on 9/11 A decade after the events of September 11, 2001, which resulted in the immediate deaths of nearly 3,000 people … Read more
Month: September 2011
9/11 and the Orwellian redefinition of Conspiracy Theory
by Paul Craig Roberts While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition. A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by … Read more
Times, Dreams & Death – Spreading ashes and gathering memories
by Geoff Olson “Did you bring mom and dad?” Luckily, I had. I’m the absent-minded one in the family and to my sister’s relief, I … Read more
Iron Deficiency Impacts
The best and most useful medical screening takes people with no symptoms and puts them through a safe and simple test that can accurately locate a disease in an early enough stage to stop it from hurting or killing them. After all, that’s why you screen people – to prevent them from being hurt. Any medical screening program intended for entire populations of healthy people needs to be studied well to ensure the benefits outweigh the harms. Unfortunately, few medical screening tests fill this bill.
Jack Layton’s Legacy of Hope – A Letter to All Canadians
August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear friends: Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want … Read more
Health workers lead alternative medicine use
by Andrea Burton A recent study by Johnson, Ward, Knutson and Sendelbach suggests healthcare workers (at 76 percent) are more likely than the general population … Read more
A Yes to cancel the HST is a Yes for democracy
This has truly been a David versus Goliath battle British Columbians’ rejection of the Harmonized Sales Tax in today’s [August 26] binding referendum is historic … Read more
Coffee – the nectar of Sufism
by Kathleen Seidel Most coffee drinkers today are probably unaware of coffee’s heritage in the Sufi orders of southern Arabia. Members of the Shadhiliyya order … Read more
VIFF 2011 preview
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead After a decade of covering documentary at the Vancouver International Film Festival (September 29 to October 14 this year), … Read more
Ego as judge
UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young How often have you or someone you know said, “he thinks that just because…?” These types of expressions seem ubiquitous in … Read more