Letters:

Right or wrong, Chomsky is all about the debate | Is fretting about Harper equal to defending Iran? | Is the goal profit or children’s needs?

News and Views:

Military goes multicultural | Head-tax redress fails to account for total toll | North Van trees threatened | Welcome to Think Vancouver: Living Together

Straight Talk:

Define the crime, SFU Prof tells Board | B.C. Lee stands by blast on “Blurred Vision” | George W. Bush freed from prosecution

Straight Issues:

ESL in schools reconsidered | How do you feel about the way Lower Mainland schools are handling multiculturalism? | Georgia Straight and CBC team up on Think Vancouver

Commentary:

Kim Jong-il blackmails world

Victoria Secrets:

Union leaders ignored again

Chronicles:

Mining controversies fly under the radar

Sports:

Whitecaps hope to grow sport nationwide

Savage Love:

Mark Foley & Me

Health:

Reading about health can act as cure for fear | Translators give new voice to patients

Dot Comment:

Diversity and tolerance outweigh idiocy on-line

Geek of the Week:

Great Big Stuff

Travel Notes:

Guidebook takes your mind off cabin fever | Keys to the nation

Fashion Plate:

Sharp writers unravel needlecraft’s dark side

Style Watch:

It’s always crunch time for Wanny Tang

Kool Thing:

Striped shirt with keyhole neckline

Holy Bauble:

Bed-in for Peace

Chic of the Week:

Laura Mercier Flawless Fix pencil

Best Eating:

Diwali sweets lighten up | Books plot dinners past, present, future

Uncorked:

Going Dutch a fine way to plan trip or wine list

Food of the Week:

Game & Wild Mushroom Festival

Drink of the Week:

Phillips' India Dark Ale

Straight Goods:

Pig out | Conscientious coffee | A is for apples | Sunday school cool | Fall fill up | Making the grade I | Making the grade II | Chocolate crazy

Arts:

Ode to an Old Friend

Theatre:

Comedy, Satire, Irony and Deeper Meaning | The Unexpected Man | SPANK!

Visual Arts:

Concrete Language | Kyohei Sakaguchi: Zero Yen House

Comedy:

Gottfried right on the funny | Miller not just Dubya-lovin’

Arts Notes:

SFU honours Bard boss | The case of the vanishing sculpture | A chorus of praise for Vancouver | The art of diplomacy

Arts Choices:

Talented newbie, see? | Art at the anza | Rising tenor | Out of the darkness | Comedy chaos | African angels

Books:

The Dissident | Alexander McCall Smith | Paul George | The Blue Sky | Revisiting a rich, rebellious childhood in India | Lemony Snicket | Margaret Somerville | Richard Ford | Rosemary Sullivan | Saadi Youssef | Was the 2004 presidential election stolen?

Movies:

Beach relishes retelling history | Naked Truths | Hardcore rocks to DIY spirit | Capote’s voice vexed actor | Filmmakers look at Lennon’s political legacy | Marie tuned in to teen angst

Movie Notes:

Actor brought expiration to life | Asian awards given en Todo | Show offers tech tonic

Movie Reviews:

Lunacy | Infamous | The U.S. vs. John Lennon | American Hardcore | The Departed | Keeping Mum | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Expiration Date | Employee of the Month

Music:

Gov’t Mule takes aim at the high and mighty | Season of the witch

Music Previews:

Magic-realist images shape Califone’s lyrics | My Brightest Diamond takes a shining path | Kasabian expands its Britpop-flavoured Empire | Lina Allemano loves her chordless freedom | Ass-beating Yo La Tengo’s lengthy latest is filler-free

Local Motion:

Subhumans roar back from the dark side

Concert Reviews:

Black Eyed Peas | The Who

Music Notes:

Fest centre gets green light | Balmoral's still dark

Music Choices:

H’Sao | Mew | Guided By Voices | Hatebreed

Payback Time:

Michael Herle vs. Steve Newton

Straight Choices:

Hell on wheels | Housing on a budget

Cartoons:

Everyday Things | Van Stralen | Red Meat | Tar Paper Town | Ernie Pook's Comeek | Arnould