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Friday, November 28, 2008

CANADA'S CONSERVATIVES OFFER A BIZARRE ECONOMIC STATEMENT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL And so the Tory minority should be in jeopardy. What a bizarre document the Conser...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS WEIGHS IN ON HILLARY CLINTON AS OBAMA'S SECRETARY OF STATE AND HE'S JUST AS SILLY AS THOMAS FRIEDMAN

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES Christopher Hitchens becomes more trivial and irrelevant with each passing day. Sinc...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

HOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD BE RE-INVENTED

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES For the foreseeable future, the Republican Party is doomed to remain an ug...

WHERE WILL BUSH'S PARDONS GO?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ZACHARY ROTH IN THE GUARDIAN The real question here is why do presidents have this ridiculously abusive power...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARPER'S BLUBBERING FROM COLUMBIA ABOUT TRADE BEING KEY TO THE FUTURE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Yes, it is, Mr. Harper, but your grandiose words about world trade do not fit we...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

THE LIEBERMAN FARCE, THE MEANING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE SENATE IS NOT A CLUB BUT SOMETHING FAR MORE SINISTER

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL THOMASKY IN THE GUARDIAN The Lieberman saga is just one more prime piece of evidence for the meaningl...

HILLARY CLINTON AS SECRETARY OF STATE A GOOD IDEA?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Thomas Friedman’s disapproval is enough to make me think it a great idea. ...

BARACK AND MICHELLE 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES I rarely watch this kind of thing, but I watched this. On the personal level, Barack and M...

BUSH: THE MEMOIRS NO ONE WANTS TO READ?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE GUARDIAN BY MEG KANE Sorry, you over-estimate Americans. The most incompetent president in history still ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

ALVIN CURLING'S HOPELESS VIEWS ON BLACK CRIME IN TORONTO

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RESPONSE TO AN INTERVIEW ON CBC RADIO'S THE CURRENT WITH ALVIN CURLING Alvin Curling was notorious as a virtually incompetent Speaker in...

CHANGING THE NATURE OF REMEMBRANCE DAY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY REX MURPHY IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL That's just not true, Rex. Remembrance Day comes out of WWI, a...

THE EFFORTS OF CANADA'S LIBERALS TO PICK A NEW LEADER AND MICHAEL IGNATIEFF PROVES HIMSELF INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM HARPER

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POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Bob Rae is, of course, absolutely right here. What Ignatieff is showing us now ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

RE-BRANDING OPPRESSION

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November 11, 2008 RE-BRANDING OPPRESSION John Chuckman There has been an ad on television recently, one featuring a young couple walking or ...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

THE FALSE IDEA OF HOPING OBAMA INHERITS KENNEDY'S LEGACY - OBAMA'S BETTER THAN THAT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO COLUMN BY OLIVER STONE IN THE GUARDIAN I agree completely with the general direction of your sentiments, Mr. Stone, but I...

SEVEN POINTLESS YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ROBERT SKILDELSKY IN THE GUARDIAN I couldn't agree more. America invaded out of a fit of rage and vengean...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

WE HAVE HOPE, BUT REAL CHANGE IN AMERICA REPRESENTS AN IMMENSE TASK

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November 6, 2008 WE HAVE HOPE, BUT REAL CHANGE IN AMERICA REPRESENTS AN IMMENSE TASK John Chuckman Already in the press there have been stor...
Monday, November 03, 2008

ON THE SUPPOSED POLITICAL WISDOM OF JOHN UPDIKE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY OLIVER KAMM IN THE TIMES I think you quite wrong in your regard for Updike's political patter, at least i...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A RIDICULOUS BOOK ABOUT THE "BATTLE" THAT "SAVED" AFGHANISTAN

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RESPONSE TO AN INTERVIEW ON THE CBC PROGRAM THE CURRENT WITH JOURNALIST CHRIS WATTIE With no disrespect for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan...
Friday, October 03, 2008

REFLECTIONS ON THE PALIN DEBATE

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES What did they do to Palin? Why, of course, they prepared her like a goose being p...
Thursday, October 02, 2008

THE SILLY NOTION THAT SARAH PALIN MAY ACTUALLY PROVE MORE FORMIDABLE IN TONIGHT'S DEBATE THAN EXPECTED

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL TOMASKY IN THE GUARDIAN Palin is said to have done fairly well in debates for governor in 2006. But t...

NONSENSE ABOUT ATTACKS ON SARAH PALIN BEING ANTI-FEMINIST

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY SIMON TISDALL IN THE GUARDIAN This is ridiculous, taken right from the official hand-out of Republican talkin...

NEW BOOK BY BIKER-GIRLFRIEND OF BERNIER TO HAVE SMALL IMPACT ON ELECTION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY LAWRENCE MARTIN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Big, jovial wooden-head types have always been popular in rur...
Wednesday, October 01, 2008

A RETIRED CANADIAN POLITICIAN'S VIEWS ON AMERICA'S "INVESTING MORE IN THEIR POLITICIANS"

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY PRESTON MANNING IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Preston Manning sets a new record for meaningless, delusional...

WIKIPEDIA

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES Wikipedia is a wonderful creation, but no thoughtful person regards it as def...

POLITICS AND OLIGOPOLIES

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES There will be no such era. Most completive systems tend over time to reduce t...

TAKING CANADA'S NDP PARTY SERIOUSLY IN THE CURRENT ELECTION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JEFFERY SIMPSON IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Jeffery Simpson, This is all well put and true, but you are m...

SOME BASIC PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MARGARET WENTE IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL This piece demonstrates the kind of subject matter Ms. Wente s...

WHOM TO BLAME FOR AMERICA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS ?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES Clive Crook, You should know the answer to this. No one is ever responsibl...

HOW AMERICANS REACT TO CRITICISM OF THEIR ELECTIONS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JONATHAN FREEDLAND IN THE GUARDIAN Yes, absolutely, Jonathan Freedland. What is so annoying about American at...
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...