Since I have an air-conditioned office to hide in this afternoon, I'll be fine on what is expected to be Toronto's hottest day of the year. But if I were old and poor, I'd be at risk of dying today.

Street nurse Cathy Crowe argues Toronto isn't doing enough to protect the vulnerable during these extreme weather periods.

The NYT's Frank Rich on how the tired old Iraq war has slipped off the TV news radar, supplanted by that hot new conflict in Lebanon.

In an interview Monday with Democracy Now!, British journalist Robert Fisk warns another 9/11 will result from the Israeli attacks on Lebanon.