http://www.straight.com/content/rss/news and views en http://www.straight.com/article-160848/gwynne-dyer-thaksin-shinawatra-could-be-peron-thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to be the Juan Peron of Thailand, with the significant difference that he is a rich Peron. The billions he earned in his telecomms business enabled him to rise to the 160848 at http://www.straight.com/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:41:10 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160834/new-orleans-city-won%3F%3Ft-be-ignored The early results are in: Hurricane Gustav has helped John McCain’s bid for the White House. This is nothing short of incredible. In the combination of New Orleans and hurricanes, we have th 160834 at http://www.straight.com/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:18:55 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160083/pill-pushers When Shahram Ahari went to work at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly straight out of college in New Jersey, he was hired to do a job that few people know exists. Even the job title would be a mystery t 160083 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:27:19 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160174/npa-riles-hamiltons-friends Several community leaders and politicians have condemned the NPA board for vetoing the candidacy of a transgender sex-trade workers’ advocate. In a demonstration outside Little Sister’s Book &am 160174 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:45:46 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160166/bc-may-balk-green-shift On what issues should federal politicians get cracking? Dave Jones Security consultant and former Vancouver Police officer “The Four Horsemen 160166 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:16:41 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160168/lockheed-deals-buoy-census-holdouts News that a weapons contract has been awarded to one of the world’s largest arms makers has emboldened two Canadians charged by the federal government for refusing to complete the 2006 census. 160168 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:33:45 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160169/native-group-leaves-rights-complaint The United Native Nations has dropped out of a human-rights complaint filed in July against the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and Project Civil City commissioner Geoff Plant. 160169 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:34:35 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160170/translink-needs-more-buses-union The Coast Mountain Bus Company recorded fewer passenger pass-ups between May 1, 2007, and July 8, 2008, compared with figures from the previous year, according to an executive of the TransLink subsidi 160170 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:36:12 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160108/campus-living-beats-bus On the 99 B-Line bus September 2, 19-year-old Kari Johnny was at the end of her hourlong commute from downtown Surrey to school. It was her first day of styling classes at Future Hair Training Centr 160108 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:40:47 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160160/reader-says-natives-their-own-worst-enemy Your profile of Ronald Wright, author of What Is America?, sent my blood pressure into the stratosphere [“America adrift in the past”, August 21-28]. I am so tired of guilt-ridden, cilice-belted, 160160 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:53:09 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160159/jack-johnson-fans-lodge-groovin%3F%3F-protest Were you even at the concert? Twenty-one thousand–plus concertgoers seemed to be enjoying every moment of the Jack Johnson concert [“Johnson lulls them into coma”, August 28–September 4]. 160159 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:52:42 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160158/powerline-supporter-needs-reality-check The letter “Evidence doesn’t support power-line claims” in last week’s Straight just doesn’t cut it [Letters, August 28–September 4]. The writer claims that there simply isn’t evidence t 160158 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:52:15 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160157/strathcona-residents-forged-plan-years-ago Barbara Lee’s doleful caterwauling about disruptions to pristine living in Strathcona [Real Estate, August 28–September 4] is hard enough to take with her galling, gratuitous linking of street def 160157 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:51:47 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-160059/david-suzuki-lessons-my-father-taught-me-are-worth-sharing Now in the seventh decade of my life, I look back at the world of my childhood, with its shared phone lines, ice boxes, radio soap operas, and no television, and it seems like an ancient, lost civiliz 160059 at http://www.straight.com/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:23:21 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views http://www.straight.com/article-159983/gwynne-dyer-hurricane-gustav-hides-evidence-melting-arctic-sea-ice If Hurricane Gustav had struck New Orleans with full force, what would that have told us about the scale and speed of climate change? If more of the sea-ice cover in the Arctic Ocean is lost in this y 159983 at http://www.straight.com/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:17:50 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments News And Views