International – Page 581

Free trade not what it seems

October 31, 2003

If you are a Kmart shopper or a rancher in Montana; a mom and dad wondering about what the kids will do once they finish school; or a retiree, worried about pension and health care, the...

No end in sight for Bushs Iraq mess

October 31, 2003 By Susan Webb

The much-anticipated international donors’ conference on Iraq, like the United Nations resolution adopted earlier in the month, failed to help the White House out of what Newsweek’s Nov. 3 cover story calls “Bush’s $87 billion mess.”

Senate rebukes Bush on Cuba

October 30, 2003

By a voice vote, the U.S. Senate last week approved an amendment to the Department of Transportation bill that would strip the government of all funding for the enforcement of its much-criticized ban on travel to...

Public vs. for-profit health care in Canada

October 24, 2003

Opinion The Canadian public has said no to the erosion of universal, single-tier public health care. Indeed, popular pressure forced a recent Canadian Royal Commission to propose expansion of the public system. The Canadian system provides...

Iraq war a house of cards Low troop morale puts pressure on Bush

October 24, 2003 By Susan Webb

Widening reports of low morale among U.S. troops are adding to pressures on the Bush administration to find a bailout for its failed Iraq policy.