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The Week of December 2 to 8, 2001
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 Beyond the Barrier- Sunday
December 2, 2001
A forbidding valley with swamps and forest lies mid way between Tisdale and Archerwell
called the Barrier. Today we catch a glimpse of what lies beyond.
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 The Mantra of the Private Contract:
Hailing Free Market and Destroying People's Lives- Sunday
December 2, 2001
As so often is the case to grasp the whole you need to explore the details. Mario
deSantis gives us the bottom line and leaves you to explore the references and discover
the dangers of which he warns.
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 Ward Arnold Wins The Day- Monday
December 3, 2001
The contest between an audience and a performer and a delicate duel. Sunday's outstanding
performance by Ward Arnold saw him win a complete victory.
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 The Greenwater Report for December 3, 2001- Monday
December 3, 2001
The ice is getting thicker and so is the talk of fishin', there is wild life on the
nature trail and waxwings in Porcupine Plain.
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 The "Real" Final Frontier- Tuesday
December 4, 2001
Most of Canada is as empty as this picture. Some scenes of the empty Yukon.
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 At last people's justice against the abuses
of corporations:
BC court awards $20,000 in punitive damages to employee Donald Marlowe- Tuesday
December 4, 2001
Mario deSantis lets us in on a landmark judgment while at the same time the corporate
world goes all out to dampen individual attempts to defend against abuse. Be sure
to check out the outstanding links with this story.
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 Metal Bird Stories- Tuesday
December 4, 2001
Over the years we have published a lot of aviation stories here is a list.
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 Washington Post Journalist Richard Cohen:
Free Market, Enron and the President's Friends- Tuesday
December 4, 2001
Mario deSantis tells us about an interesting column that was in the Washington Post
dealing with the Enron bankruptcy.
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 Lower Post- Wednesday
December 5, 2001
Here is a chance to look at another set of images of the Southern Yukon and Northwestern
BC.
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 Democracy is not having our experts fixing
everything, Democracy is in our own hearts- Wednesday
December 5, 2001
Democracy is the natural and normal way for people to organise themselves, it is
interest to see how so many work to undermine the inevitable.
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 Lighting Up For
Christmas- Thursday
December 6, 2001
Each year the home displays at Christmas seem bigger and better. Here is the first
look at some this year.
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 Bush's and Sharon's self fulfilling vision
to wage wars against terrorism: Another war against the Palestine Authority?- Thursday
December 6, 2001
The confusion of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict are as confusing as ever and yet
we see how this conflict is being mixed into the ideological table thumping that
seems to be flung at everything. This thought provoking and
well documented piece is Mario deSantis' five hundredth posting here. Congratulations
Mario!
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 Bins - Hopes Unfulfilled- Thursday
December 6, 2001
With winter here the prospects of a new crop year loom ahead as many turn their thoughts
toward spring. Here is one opinion on what we might expect.
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 Its A New Winter- Friday
December 7, 2001
When ever we start a new thing there is a certain freshness and excitement about
this year's version , so is it with this year's winter.
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 Lawyer Neil Seeman objects to our judges'
understanding of native Indians- Friday
December 7, 2001
Conservative Toronto Lawyer Neil Seeman is sure that the judge's sentence of Saskatoon
police hitmen will be unfair even before the sentence has been given. Mario deSantis
comments on the fairness of first nation's people and how they are treated in our
courts.
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 Mountain Tops- Friday
December 7, 2001
Another in our series of pictorial essays of flying over Southern Yukon. This flight
today show the country Northwest of Watson Lake. The pictures were taken in April
1984.
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 Suggesting an opinion survey to CNN's personality Paula
Zahn:
"Do you support the constitution or you support Ashcroft's anti terrorism measures?"- Friday
December 7, 2001
Mario deSantis noticed the shift from constitutional government in the United States
to government by opinion poll.
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 Smith River- Saturday
December 8, 2001
Today a visit to my favourite place, a wilderness River in Northern British Columbia
with its very own six-thousand foot runway. This story has a lot of pictures and
includes a 2MB QuickTime VR map so it will take time to download.
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