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» Delay in softwood deal irks U.S. producers» Washington­based lobby group says that Canadian exporters are taking advantage of the delay to flood U.S. market with lumber before export taxes kick in under the agreement
» Know when to hold ‘em, when to fold ‘em  As their stocks plummet, on­line betting firms are scrambling to figure out complex new U.S. legislation that bars Americans from gambling on the Internet … but the game may not be over just yet.
»Alberta government watchdog finds lax inspections on food, drinking water
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»Country Gone  LINDORFF: START CARRYING A TOOTHBRUSH  I've decided to start carrying a toothbrush. Incredibly, we've reached that point in America where, thanks to a bunch of spineless traitors in Congress (Republicans and Democrats), it is only a matter of time before the state begins rounding up people like me and whisking us off to dark cells without telling anyone. Congress, with almost no discussion, has just approved a law ostensibly about authorizing military tribunals for alleged terrorists which actually went way beyond that bad enough end run on the Constitution, to include giving the president the congressional sanction to torture captives and, as well, the power to snatch up any American citizen and declare her or him to be an "unlawful combatant," devoid of Constitutional rights.
BUSH CAN GRAB, IMPRISON ANY U.S. CITIZEN FOR NO REASON
»R.I.P. BILL OF RIGHTS   On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the internment of 120,000 Japanese civilians, 2/3 of whom were US citizens, in military camps across the western half of the country. Effectively stripping Japanese Americans of virtually all constitutional protections (including rights to property, trial by jury and habeas corpus), 9066 is now widely decried as one of the darkest moments in US history. In 1988, Congress passed Public Law 100-383, which apologized to Japanese internees, provided reparations and created a public education fund to "inform the public about the internment of such individuals so as to prevent the recurrence of any similar event." Congress should have enrolled in its own re­education program.
  »Why I'm Banned in the USA  By Tariq Ramadan  My experience reveals how U.S. authorities seek to suppress dissenting voices and ­ ­ by excluding people such as me from their country ­ ­ manipulate political debate in America. Unfortunately, the U.S. government's paranoia has evolved far beyond a fear of particular individuals and taken on a much more insidious form: the fear of ideas.
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