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*Fantasies in our daily political news: Stephen Harper insists he is not beholden to anyone. Simon Fraser University News 5 Feb. 2004.

*What we don't know about life and death: The Terri Shiavo case. Simon Fraser University News 13 Nov. 2003.

*Has academe lost its sense of participation? Simon Fraser University News, 5 10 July, 2003.

*Return of the plague: Epidemics and Public Health.Ottawa Citizen (op-ed: editorial) 10 June, 2003.

*BC would be hard pressed to treat SARS outbreak, Vancouver Sun (Letter), A15 31 March, 2003.

*In praise of the Romanow Commission, Simon Fraser University News, 5. 23 Jan. 2003.

*Nearing the End of the Medical Dark Ages. Simon Fraser University News 31 Oct. 2002.

*US Freedoms Dealt Serious Body Blow, Simon Fraser University News 5, Sept. 2002.

*Doctors show the government/that dealing with union was easy part. Vancouver Sun 29 May, 2002.

*War? What war?: Comments on the Afghanistan conflict, Simon Fraser University News 24:2 16 May 2002.

*"Art Imitating Health Care? The movie John Q and the problem of graft organ distribution. Simon FraserUniversity News. Feb. 2002.

*B.C. Healthcare's Brave New World, Simon Fraser University News 2 May, 2002.

*Organ transplants without borders. National Post, A 13, 30 April, 2001.

*Medical care requires compassion. Winnipeg Free Press, (Letter) 17 April 2001.

*Disabled are not Dogs (commentary on the Robert Latimer case) Vancouver Sun A-15 7 Feb. 2001.

*Age in a changing world. Rafe Meir Show (CKNW), Vancouver 6 Feb. 2001.

*Fetal Cell Research: The Canadian alternatives CBC Radio noon open line show (Vancouver) 25 Jan. 2001.

*Spend the budget surplus? What Surplus? CBC Radio Commentary (national). 3 Nov. 2000.

*"Should Canada Permit Zenotransplantation?" CBC Noon Hour radio show, Noon Hour, Vancouver, BC. Aug. 20, 2000.

*Computer Assisted Journalism. In, Encyclopedia of Computer Science Ralston, A. and Hemmendger, D. Eds. NY: International Thompson Computer, 2000.

*Distributing Canada's wealth across the country saves lives. Vancouver Sun (op-ed) A-14. Aug. 2, 2000.

*Tax time: Income redistribution works. CBC Radio Commentary (national). Apr. 18. 2000.

*Don't cut costs on the final hours. National Post (op-ed) A-18. Mar. 24, 2000.

*The 'Canadian Millenium'. CBC Radio Commentary (national). Jan. 3, 2000.

*Food Banks short, again. Of course. CBC Radio, Vancouver. Dec. 18, 1999.

*Alberta and the two-tiered system of public health. CBC Radio Commentary (national). Nov 26, 1999.

*Prairie Conservatism and the death of Tyrell Dueck. CBC Radio Commentary (national). July 5, 1999.

*The Difference a word can make: "Compensation" and the Canadian Hepatitis Controversy. CBC Radio. May, 1998.

*Book review, Kenneth W. Goodman, Ed. Ethics, Computing, and Medicine. Annals of Internal Medicine. June, 1998.

*Caregivers use the Internet to go beyond the traditional means of fact-gathering. Medicine on the Net. May, 1998.

*Caveat Emptor Information Highways. August, 1997.

*Online Intimacies: Globe and Mail, Toronto. Focus Sect. p.5, Dec. 14, 1996.

*The Myth of a Loving Murder. Reader's Digest (Canadian edition). Aug. 1996.

*The Myth of Loving Murder. (The Constructed Tale of Jean and Cecil Brush). Toronto Life Magazine. Dec. 1995.

*Reporters, Editors, and the Internet: Future Hopes, Present Problems. The Media and the Internet. Toronto: Ernst & Young. Aug. 1995.

*The Reporter in the Information Age. Cahir 11 Journalistiek en Communicate Utrecht, Netherlands. Winter, 1995.

*Community vs. Computers. Quill Magazine. May, 1994.

*Information Mapping: Data and information. Online Research and CD-ROM Review. Dec. 1993.

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