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Saturday, August 30, 2008

JOHN MCCAIN: A MATTER OF CHARACTER

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August 30, 2008 JOHN MCCAIN: A MATTER OF CHARACTER John Chuckman McCain does a good job with the appearance of a boyishly honest man. ...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

THE REAL MEANING OF RUSSIA'S GEORGIA ATTACK AS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF AMERICA'S GLOBAL HEGEMONY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY SEUMAS MILNE IN THE GUARDIAN I think you have this just about right, Seumas Milne. That's precisely why t...

THE MEANINGFULNESS OF THE BIDEN AND CLINTON SPEECHES AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL TOMASKI IN THE GUARDIAN Michael Tomaski offers a pretty naive take on a couple of political speeches....

THE STUPIDITY OF CALLING OBAMA A ROCKSTAR

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL TOMASKY IN THE GUARDIAN I have a hard time with anyone describing Obama as a "rockstar." I ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

MICHELLE OBAMA

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Michelle is a truly remarkable woman. I did not listen to her speech at th...
Monday, August 25, 2008

THE COMING ASSAULT BY HARPER'S GANG ON DION: TRYING TO MAKE HIM INTO DUKAKIS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY LAWRENCE MARTIN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL I'm afraid the job will be all too easy to do. But that w...

THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF AMERICAN POLITICAL CONVENTIONS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES The conventions are a relic of memory and sentimentality. They once were e...

THE JOE BIDEN CHOICE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY OLIVER KAMM IN THE TIMES Well, a neo-con like yourself would think Biden a good choice. He's just another...

COFFIN CEREMONIES: THEY DIE IN AFGHANISTAN AND WE TALK ABOUT WEATHER

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL A ridiculous article, Gary Mason. First, how many times do you think it appropri...
Friday, August 22, 2008

A RIDICULOUS COLUMN ATTEMPTING TO DEFEND CANADA'S LAMENTABLE PRIME MINISTER HARPER FROM CHARGES BY JEAN CHRETIEN ABOUT NOT GOING TO THE OLYMPICS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MARCUS GEE IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Of course, our voice on China does matter, Marcus Gee. But you do ...

ISRAEL AND THE ISSUE OF A ONE- OR TWO-STATE SOLUTION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY NAOMI SHEPHERD IN THE GUARDIAN Ms. Shepherd, You write so cleanly and analytically, but here is a matter that...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

THE SO-CALLED SADDLEBACK DEBATE: FUNDAMENTALISM CREEPS FURTHER INTO AMERICAN NATIONAL POLITICS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES No matter how fair or open it may have appeared, isn't there something...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

MUSHARRAF'S RESIGNATION: NOTHING GOOD WILL COME OF IT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY KAMILA SHAMSIE IN THE GUARDIAN Sorry, this is naive stuff. Although a dictator, Musharraf is an intelligent a...
Monday, August 18, 2008

TORONTO FINALLY AGREES TO DO CLEAN-UP OF ASBESTOS AFTER PROPANE EXPLOSION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL It's about time. The City of Toronto has behaved disgracefully during these ...

GRAVE STUFF ABOUT CHINA'S SUBSTITUTING A PRETTIER GIRL FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES' OPENING CEREMONIES - DOES THE SILLINESS NEVER STOP?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY REX MURPHY IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Rex Murphy, You sound so sensible on Cross Country Check-Up [CBC R...

MORE GARBAGE ABOUT RUSSIA AND GEORGIA - THIS TIME WITH JUVENILE STUFF ABOUT THE NEED FOR A RED LINE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ALAN JOHNSON IN THE GUARDIAN Pure crap, Alan Johnson. You understand nothing of the complexities that led up ...

AN UNINFORMED COLUMNIST WRITES OF CHINA'S OLYMPIC SUCCESS BEING ON THE BACKS OF GIRLS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MARGARET WENTE IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL The Globe's nightmare columnist is at it again. Busy priml...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

LAME PROPAGANDA ABOUT RUSSIA FROM THE REPRESENTIVE OF AN OLD CIA-FUNDED ORGANIZATION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JOHN O'SULLIVAN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL John O'Sullivan, this is clap-trap, cheap propaganda re...
Monday, August 11, 2008

WORDS IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT SOLZHENITSYN USED AS AN EXCUSE TO DISPARAGE OTHERS

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POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY REX MURPHY IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL "...greatest writerly acts of memorialization ever achieved....

A FOOLISH GENERAL COMPARES "ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE" WITH NATO AND AFGHANISTAN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CANADIAN GENERAL LEWIS MACKENZIE IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Gee, Lewis Mackenzie, The Three Musketeers w...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

GUNS AND AMERICA

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES The gun issue in America is complex and bizarre. First, it is clear, if yo...

THE NONSENSE OF EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

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POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY JOHN IBBITSON IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL These claims about experience and inexperience are always laugha...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

ELECTION ISSUES IGNORED IN IMAGE CONTEST

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Clive Crook is absolutely correct, but he seems to imply that things have ...

ALBERTA BOOM MEANS FEWER FINISH SCHOOL

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL It's called making hay while the sun shines. It makes perfect sense and is a r...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND THE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FRONT: IGNORING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY BENNETT RAMBERG IN THE GUARDIAN Bennett Ramberg quite clearly ignores the elephant in the room. Israel. Israe...

OBAMA AND THE AUDACITY OF HUBRIS FROM A COLUMNIST WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER

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POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY REX MURPHY IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL Rex Murphy, I've always enjoyed you as host of Cross Country Ch...
Friday, July 25, 2008

OBAMA'S BERLIN SPEECH: SOME SPARK, A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES There are some fine phrases, but I am disappointed overall. Obama, sadly, felt the need to...

THERE IS NO MORE HOPELESS EXPRESSION THAN "WE MUST REMEMBER" WHEN IT COMES TO PAST HORRORS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY INAYAT BUNGLAWALA IN THE GUARDIAN Sorry, but there is no more hopeless expression in human affairs than, ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

AMERICA'S PAST CLOSE RELATIONS WITH GERMANY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES There are many aspects of this relationship you have missed, including some quite dark one...

THE DILEMMA OF OPPRESSED MUSLIM WOMEN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY NESRINE MALIK IN THE GUARDIAN Yes, but there is nothing unique about the circumstances of Muslim women trappe...
Monday, July 21, 2008

FORECASTING THE RESULTS OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE BIG UNKNOWN THIS YEAR

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES As one whose job for years involved making (economic) forecasts, I can tru...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

IRAQI VETERANS AND THEIR AD ABOUT "FINISHING THE JOB"

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES “Finish the job”? What “job” would that be exactly? The purpose of this invasion has never...

OBAMA BLAMES THE RIGHT WING FOR THE ATTACKS ON HIS WIFE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES Obama's right, of course. The American Right has a large number of truly unpleasant pe...