Recently added articles from The Report:
Because liberals despise the demon weed, they feel free, even obliged, to abuse smokers (Catherine Ford from the Calgary Herald loathes smoking in public places).
Mar 31, 2003; ... Catherine Ford, the Calgary Herald's resident champion of 1960s liberalism, hates "fundamentalism" and "social conservatism" because they are intolerant. Tolerance of difference, opined Ms. Ford on March 20, 2000, is "an absolute requirement in a democracy." It is "the ...
Allure of torture (U.S. treatment of terrorists).
Mar 31, 2003; ... An unexpected after-effect of September 11: the United States government is now pretty open about condoning the use of torture against terrorism suspects. It has acquiesced in the transfer of captives such as Khaled Shaikh Mohammed, believed to be a mastermind of the attacks and recently ...
How to buy back your own stuff (California airports use eBay to sell items confiscated from passengers).
Mar 31, 2003; ... * At least one government is keeping up with the times: the Oakland and Sacramento airports in California have joined forces and are using the auction Web site eBay to sell items confiscated from passengers by airport security screeners. If you swing by the site, you can easily find a ...
(Talisman Energy Inc, is not completing the divestiture of assets in Sudan).
Mar 31, 2003; ... * Up Front, ever alive to changes in the English language, notes the coinage of a new word: "Talismanized." Talisman Energy Inc. of Calgary is now completing the divestiture of assets in Sudan, which attracted tidal waves of bad publicity to the company for its co-operation with a ...
(Mental-health court in British Columbia).
Mar 31, 2003; ... * The Vancouver Province reports (March 12) that "Criminals in B.C. who suffer from mental problems could soon find themselves in a special `mental-health court.'" B.C. Attorney General Geoff Plant suggests--probably correctly--that there is a large class of criminals who are repeatedly ...