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Monday, September 29, 2008

AS ROME BURNS, HOPES FOR A WEDDING IN WHITE

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September 29, 2008 AS ROME BURNS, HOPES FOR A WEDDING IN WHITE John Chuckman It is reliably reported (The Times, London) that the McCain cam...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

SARAH PALIN: BUSH DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN

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September 16, 2008 SARAH PALIN: BUSH DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN John Chuckman Sarah Palin is not qualified for high office, and she has proved i...
Friday, September 12, 2008

MALCOLM X

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKLESTEIN IN THE TIMES Daniel, all true but rather beside the point. Much of what you wrote could be...

FUNDAMENTALISTS ON HEAVEN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY OLIVER KAMM IN THE TIMES I've love the fundamentalist idea of heaven. Imaging six trillion years of liste...

LIPSTICK ON A PIG

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES It just does not get sillier than this series of events. "Lipstick on...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

BUSH REPORTED TO HAVE APPROVED ATTACKS BY AMERICAN GROUND TROOPS IN PAKISTAN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES This is shameful and idiotic. America just regards the borders and laws of others as mean...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

MORE ON DEMOCRATS NEEDING TO BE RESPECTFUL

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Well, Clive Crook, again you miss the mark, but you’ve said one definitely...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS IN AMERICA NEED TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL?

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POSTED SERIES OF RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Clive Crook, you are quite wide of the mark here. First, if it...

IN PRAISE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JIM STAFFORD, UNION ECONOMIST, IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL “As our school is a prized asset in our neighb...
Thursday, September 04, 2008

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SARAH PALIN'S SPEECH

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September 4, 2008 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SARAH PALIN’S SPEECH John Chuckman I’ve reassessed my view of Sarah Palin. My first thought about...
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...