Angel >> American TV viewers In the talk show haven of the world, apparently even the trash-eating American public have their limits, and her name is Dr. Laura. Having deified Oprah and made Jerry Springer King of the Dunghill, TV viewers have voted definitively with their clickers. Dismal ratings have prompted CBS to kill Dr. Laura's daytime slot and relegate her to 4:30 a.m. after only nine weeks on the air.

Insect >> French-only health care Just what patients need--another reason for doctors to stare at us blankly when we tell them where it hurts. Speaking to the estates-general panel on language this week, hardline francophone Rodrigue Larose proposed that Quebec nix anglophone rights to English medical services, calling the Bill-142 provision "an immense discrimination against francophones." That will make an excellent excuse for doctors facing malpractice suits when they miss the latest discriminatory medical research not written up in the language of love.