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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

CLINTON CALLING FOR SUPPORT OF WHOEVER IS THE CANDIDATE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Clinton is simply a lunatic. You can't throw the kind of filth she's been throwin...

MORE ON REV WRIGHT AND OBAMA AND POLITICIANS MAKING MISTAKES

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES The Wright business is being blown entirely out of proportion, and I believe the reasons for this...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

MORE REMARKS FROM REV WRIGHT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE I am sorry for any embarrassment caused to Obama, an example of just about all that is go...

THE FALLACY OF COMPARING OBAMA'S DEALING WITH THE LIKES OF ANN COULTER AND NASTY FOREIGN LEADERS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES "Obama will have to deal with foreign leaders who are far, far worse...

THE FOCUS ON REV WRIGHT AND FURTHER THOUGHTS ON OTHER AMERICAN "MINISTERS"

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES A further thought. Why is it that Wright's words so bother some Ameri...

CLINTON'S WEAKNESS AS A CANDIDATE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES "Why am I wrong?" Hillary is loathed more widely than the write...

JOURNALISM AND UPPER CLASS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY EMILY HILL IN THE GUARDIAN Emily, I think you've missed the fact that journalism has always been the pres...

IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Yes, it is very true that the Democratic Party is split almost to the poi...

OBAMA AND PRIMARIES AND 24-HOUR NEWS AND FOCUSING ON THE TRIVIAL

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CHARLIE BROOKER IN THE GUARDIAN Charlie Brooker has it exactly right. His citing of instances couldn't be...

HILLARY CLINTON AND PLAYING THE RACE CARD TO SUPERDELEGATES?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY GARY YOUNGE IN THE GUARDIAN Hillary has enough unethical, low-life tactics to use without resorting to race. ...
Sunday, April 27, 2008

SYRIA AND NORTH KOREA AND ISRAEL AND DICK CHENEY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY SCOTT RITTER IN THE GUARDIAN Scott Ritter's piece is right on the mark. Inch by inch we are all being dra...

GETTING CARTER AND THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT - FURTHER STILL - AND WORDS ON DARFUR

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY IAN WILLIAMS IN THE GUARDIAN No defender of Israel should bring up the subject of Darfur. This is the grand h...

GETTING CARTER AND THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT - FURTHER

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY IAN WILLIAMS IN THE GUARDIAN RogerINtheUSA wrote: "Carter's negotiations with Hamas has apparently s...

GETTING CARTER AND THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY IAN WILLIAMS IN THE GUARDIAN Carter has been nothing less than heroic here. For trying to be fair and genuine...

THE KILLER INSTINCT AND HILLARY IN PENNSYLVANIA

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Karl Rove’s remarks on Obama today are prima facie evidence of who it act...
Friday, April 25, 2008

GO GIRL!

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY HANNAH STRANGE IN THE TIMES I just love that "Go Girl!" stuff. You find it especially in newspapers in the...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

MORE ON CLINTON IN PENNSYLVANIA

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES In Pennsylvania, the woman has proved herself the ethical equivalent of Richard Nixon, indeed vir...

BLAIR'S FIRST OFFICIAL PORTRAIT DISPLAYED

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE GUARDIAN I like the portrait, from a purely aesthetic point of view. It is a good piece of work. But it i...

TIME TO UNHITCH CANADA FROM SUCH CLOSE AMERICAN TIES?

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POSTED SET OF RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY MARCUS GEE IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL "Polls show that a striking number of us view our gia...

CLINTON'S LAST CHANCE IN PENNSYLVANIA?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES Even a skeptic is tempted to pray that Hillary loses. She’s the ugly pink bunny that just ...

HAS HILLARY CLINTON LEFT HER PARTY?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ALI ETERAZ IN THE GUARDIAN Hillary Clinton reminds me a great deal of Richard Nixon. He was also bright, hard...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

BENEDICT AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS FOR THE UNBORN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Here's a guy who runs around dressed in silks and lace, like something from the fifte...

SPINNING AL QAEDA?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY STEPHEN TANKEL IN THE GUARDIAN My first thought on reading the headline was that, yes, indeed, our government...

REFLECTIONS ON HILLARY CLINTON'S PENNSYLVANIA VICTORY

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POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL "Obama is all talk , no substance" Ridiculous comment. There was substa...

CLINTON'S VICTORY REPRESENTS GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY SIMON JENKINS IN THE GUARDIAN I don't think so. "Grassroots" used as an adjective in America is...
Sunday, April 20, 2008

OBAMA AND THE DANGER OF BEING REGARDED AS A SNOB IN THE PRIMARIES

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL CROWLEY IN THE GUARDIAN Yes, this has always been a danger. America is, surprisingly to those who do ...

AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES "IN BED" WITH CORPORATION?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A POSTER TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL Andrew E, your stats are meaningless and do not support the conclusion...
Friday, April 18, 2008

HAVE ELECTION WORDS BECOME TRIP-WIRES IN AMERICA?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY LUCY CARRIGAN IN THE GUARDIAN Lucy Carrigan, this is a fatuous piece. Nothing has changed in what you can dis...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

THE SO-CALLED CHEATING SCANDAL AT TORONTO'S RYERSON UNIVERSITY AND WHAT IT REALLY MEANS

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RESPONSE TO A DISCUSION ON CBC'S RADIO ONE METRO MORNING SHOW Two mornings running, after still other earlier instances, Metro Morning h...

THE ABC NETWORK DEBATE OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN PENNSYLVANIA

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES The real story here is the embarrassingly poor quality of ABC's effort. Why would you ask a d...

HOW CAN WE PREVENT KIDS FROM JOINING GANGS?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Look for the troubled ones early. The syndrome of problems leading to this lifestyle is w...

THE MANY "GATE" EXPRESSIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY HANNAH STRANGE IN THE TIMES Americans have a great fondness for short-hand expressions. It may reflect impatience, o...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

HILLARY CLINTON'S YAPPING ABOUT OBAMA'S THOUGHTFUL REMARKS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY HANNAH STRANGE IN THE TIMES Well, here is the sad and truly bitter story of American politics. A thoughtful c...
Monday, April 14, 2008

ROOSEVELT'S PARALYSIS KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC? FURTHER TO THE KENNEDY-TOOK-DRUGS DISCUSSION

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RESPONSE TO A POSTER TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES Stein, you are just wrong. Roosevelt's condition was carefully guard...

OBAMA'S "BITTER" REMARK TWISTED BY HILLARY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL Hillary, only someone with nothing worth saying would focus on these words of Obam...

LINCOLN'S DEPRESSION

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RESPONSE TO A POSTER TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES Lincoln's depression is well documented. It has been glossed over or...

WHY THE IDEA OF DISCUSSING CLASS IN AMERICAN POLITICS IS IMPOSSIBLE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY GARY YOUNGE IN THE GUARDIAN This is an utterly unrealistic idea. Anyone who knows American society well, know...

ONTARIO'S PREMIER MCGUINTY IN CHINA

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL There's another way to look at this. If only for a short while, McGuinty will ...

THE CULTURE OF DEAFNESS NOT AS DISEASE OR DISABILITY BUT AS SIMPLY A DIFFERENCE

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES This culture of "deafness is not a disease or disability but simply a differenc...
Sunday, April 13, 2008

IRAQ ARCHEOLOGICAL PLUNDER

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN AND POSTER IN THE TIMES Well, mohsen, that is likely the most naive comment I've come across in years. All ...

IRAQ AND VIETNAM AND TRUTH

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE The first victim of every war is truth. All the more so in the kind of nasty imperial wars repre...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

BILL CLINTON RENEWS PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF HILLARY UNDER-FIRE STORY IN BOSNIA

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY HANNAH STRANGE IN THE TIMES I do think there are parallels here with Senator "Darth Vader" Dole, un...

A NEW BOOK TELLS OF KENNEDY TAKING DRUGS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES There have been stories for years about Kennedy taking non-prescription drugs...

CHINA SHOULD NEGOTIATE WITH THE DALAI LAMA?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY IAN WILLIAMS IN THE GUARDIAN Dalai Lama by his own assertion is a religious leader, not a political one. And ...

CHINA AND THE TORCH RELAY AND NATIONALISM

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ISABEL HILTON IN THE GUARDIAN Isabel, this just does not make the grade of thoughtful comment on this matter....
Friday, April 11, 2008

DARFUR AND THE HOLOCAUST

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY BELA ROSENTHAL IN THE GUARDIAN Ms. Rosenthal, how can you write this? Yes, the Holocaust was horrible, and, y...

ON ISRAEL'S TREATMENT OF THE BEDOUIN WHO ARE ISRAELI CITIZENS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY SETH FREEDMAN IN THE GUARDIAN Thanks for your honest observations on this shameful situation. I have read els...

REPORT THAT MCGUINTY'S LIBERALS OUTSPENT THE TWO OPPOSITION PARTIES IN LAST PROVINCIAL ELECTION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL This completely underestimates the quantity of McGuinty spending. There was a ti...