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Monday, December 29, 2008

ISRAEL'S CELEBRATION OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT: MORE THAN 300 DEAD AND STILL COUNTING

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES We are witnessing the most wanton war crimes by Israel, but people are afraid to speak up....
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT - A CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS TALE

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AND TO ALL, A GOOD NIGHT A Contemporary Christmas Tale (reposted for the season) John Chuckman It was only a matter of time before Santa Cla...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

A PROPOSAL TO FIX CANADA'S POLITICAL PROBLEMS FROM THE SAGE OF THE ATHABASCA TARSANDS

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY PRESTON MANNING IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Manning’s old-granny image tends to disguise the underlying, unpleas...

THE DEATH OF CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN AND THE DISPARAGEMENTOF ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY OLIVER KAMM IN THE TIMES Mr. Kamm, We agree on the greatness of gentleman and scholar Conor Cruise O'Brie...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

THE AMERICAN SENATE AS A DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES Daniel, until 1913, the Senate was entirely an appointed body. The U.S. government w...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

BERNANKE AND HIS STUDIES OF JAPAN APPLIED TO THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL The writers are trying to glorify what amounts to a cheap trick on all America...

OBAMA AND EDUCATION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JOHN IBBITSON IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Yes, I'm sure Obama cares deeply about the poor state of mu...

CON ARTISTS: WHY DO PEOPLE FALL FOR THEM?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES Why do they fall for advertising's flimsy and dishonest claims? Why do th...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

CANADA'S PRINCE OF DARKNESS ASSUMES LEADERSHIP OF THE LIBERAL PARTY

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December 13, 2008 CANADA’S PRINCE OF DARKNESS ASSUMES LEADERSHIP OF THE LIBERAL PARTY John Chuckman Since leaving the shaded groves of...
Monday, December 08, 2008

AN AMERICAN NEO-CON LIVING IN CANADA PREACHES ABOUT CANADIAN DEMOCRACY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY TOM FLANAGAN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Tom Flanagan is an American neo-con, and truly has little basis ...
Saturday, December 06, 2008

AFGHANISTAN SHOULD BE OVER - WE'VE DONE WHAT WE COULD

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DOUG SAUNDERS IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL "Canada and its allies are fighting at the request of the ...

DION SHOULD GO SAYS MANLEY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JOHN MANLEY IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL John Manley is right on this - although it's already been sai...
Friday, December 05, 2008

THE DECISION BY GOVERNOR GENERAL MICHAELLE JEAN TO PROROGUE PARLIAMENT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY HEATHER MALLICK IN THE GUARDIAN I'm sorry, but Heather Mallick gives a version of events inaccurate enoug...
Thursday, December 04, 2008

HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVILIZED SOCIETY - REFLECTIONS ON A PIECE BY OLIVER KAMM FOCUSING ON KHOMEINI'S 1989 FATWA AGAINST RUSHDIE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY OLIVER KAMM IN THE TIMES "A cosmopolitan and polyglot society is a wondrous development in Western civil...

A CONSERVATIVE HACK INVENTS A RIDICULOUS THEORY ABOUT QUEBEC TO SUPPORT HARPER'S EXCESSES

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY WILLIAM JOHNSON IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL William Johnson, I don't know what planet you've been...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008

IS THE COALITION USING A FALSE PRETEXT TO TOPPLE HARPER?

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POSTED COMMENT TO A COLUMN BY STANLEY HARTT IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL This is just intellectual rubbish, showing no understanding of t...

WAS OBAMA'S APPOINTMENT OF CLINTON RISKY?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL TOMASKY IN THE GUARDIAN I don't agree at all that she is a big risk. Obama is a calm, self-confid...

HARPER'S FURY OVER THE COALITION

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POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL A high-handed bully called Harper has brought this upon the nation. Three leade...
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...