Nothing annoys this fella more than the far-right poison that is fed to "newspaper" readers [quotes advised] from all airts o' the compass. However---at the risk of offending our Canadian pals, I must say something on behalf of the newspaper trade in the U.S of A. South of the long straight parallel folks are much more able to read a broad spectrum of political viewpoint than is available to them in Canada. There may be isolated local publications whose editorial policy is "left of centre", but there are NO National or Provincial papers that I have come across which push anything other than a right wing agenda. The Globe and Mail is a possible exception. I read regularly more than one American columnist who is not afraid to tell it as it is. That's how news should be presented. Not as an editorial--as fact. We can, most of us, think for ourselves.