Angel >> All victims of automobile accidents through the ages September 13, 1999, marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Henry Bliss, who stepped off a New York City streetcar and was struck by an oncoming automobile. Bliss was the first person ever to die in a car accident. One hundred years later, car accidents have killed more than 5 million people in the United States alone--to say nothing of those crippled or injured, or all the pollution and other environmental damage, thanks to cars.

Insect >> The National Post, nearly a parody of itself In Conrad Black's world, there are three types of people. There are "captains of industry" like himself, whose opinions matter. Then there are "essential services workers"--garbagemen, stock traders, Holt Renfrew sales staff, etc.--whose job is to serve captains of industry and whose opinions don't matter. (Politicians fall into this category; they should rubber-stamp all decisions and appointments, or face lawsuits.) Everyone else is an "activist": authors, refugee lawyers, anyone whose opinions are wrong. Hence, on the day that respected CBC journalist Adrienne Clarkson, accompanied by philosopher husband John Ralston Saul, was appointed Governor General, the Post's headline read "Activists to move into Rideau Hall." Get real.