CHUCKMAN'S OTHER CHOICE OF WORDS

A COLLECTION OF SOME OF MY BEST PUBLISHED PIECES, INCLUDING ANALYSIS, CRITICISM, AND SATIRE. NOW INCLUDING COMMENTS ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING FROM MANY OF THE WORLD'S QUALITY NEWSPAPERS.

SPECIAL PAGES

TIGER WOODS' "APOLOGY" - A SCRIPTED LAS VEGAS SPECTACLE WITH A CAST OF THOUSANDS - PLUS A LAUGH-A-MINUTE SIDESHOW OF "SEX THERAPISTS"

THE FOOLISH USE OF AN UGLY EPITHET

RICK SALUTIN ON HARPER'S POOR EXCUSE OF A FOREIGN POLICY AND ESPECIALLY HIS OBSESSION WITH ISRAEL

OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST EFFORTS JUST NOISE SIGNIFYING NOTHING

WHY IS THE UK STILL THREATENING ISRAELI POLITICIANS ASKS PHILIP JOHNSTON? THE ANSWER PLUS A COMPARISON OF GUERNICA AND OPERATION CAST LEAD

AMERICA'S RATHER DERANGED SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON SPEAKS ABOUT MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN IRAN AND A NEW ARMS RACE

CRISPIN BLACK ON BRAVE AND HONORABLE SOLDIERS BENFITING US ALL - AND THEN THERE'S WILL POWER

THE FENCE CONTROVERSY AND THE VANCOUVER OLYMPIC CAULDRON

THE NEW AMERICAN OFFENSIVE IN HELMAND AFGHANISTAN FINDS LITTLE ORGANIZED RESISTANCE

THE STORY BEHIND THE SHOOT-DOWN OF A MISSILE BY AN AMERICAN AIRPLANE-MOUNTED LASER

JEFFREY SIMPSON SPEAKS OF OLYMPIC TORCH MEMORIES - MINE AREN'T QUITE SO SENTIMENTAL

FURTHER TO NOISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

OBAMA AND THE GRIM SHADOW OF AMERICA'S TORTURE PRISONS - AND THE BRUTAL FACT ONLY DREAMERS AND FOOLS BELIEVE IN CHANGE IN AMERICA

NEO-CON TOM FLANAGAN CLAIMS HARPER IS "FIXING" CANADA'S SENATE STEP BY STEP

A STUDY WHICH SHOWS THOSE WHO DON'T ENJOY READING BY FIFTEEN ARE UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED

PALIN AND CRIB NOTES ON HER PALM - HARDLY A BIG POINT BECAUSE SHE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SAY WITH OR WITHOUT NOTES

STILL MORE ABOUT THE GOOFY TEA PARTY: THIS TIME JOHN IBBITSON WRITES ABOUT AMERICAN ANTI-STATUS QUO MOVEMENTS

THE GOOFY TEA PARTY AGAIN - AND THE CLOWN SARAH PALIN - AND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, ESTABLISHMENT DARLING, ATTACKS GORE VIDAL - AND GRAHAM GREENE ON WHAT A WRITER'S RESPONSIBILITY IS - AND 9/11 FACTS

ON THE ISSUE OF MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS

NOISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: IS MURDER INCORPORATED PREPARING A NEW WAR?

MORE ON THE TEA PARTY: THIS AN ARTICLE SO POORLY INFORMED IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED - BUT PERHAPS IT FITTINGLY SUMS THIS SILLY BUNCH

THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE POLITICAL MESS: A KEY FACT NOT WIDELY APPRECIATED OUTSIDE THE U.S.

ARE THE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS TO BE A FINANCIAL DISASTER OR NOT? AND OTHER OLYMPIC MATTERS

LAWRENCE MARTIN SAYS THE LIBERALS ARE GOING TO LET IGNATIEFF BE HIMSELF

CLIVE CROOK DISPARAGES J. K. GALBRAITH'S ARROGANCE - AND RIGHTLY SO

CLIVE CROOK CAPTURES THE ECONOMIC ABSURDITY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BUDGETS - AND AMERICA'S GROTESQUE MILITARY EXPENDITURE

NORMAN SPECTOR MAKES SILLY CLAIMS ABOUT IGNATIEFF USING DUCEPPE

A FITTING RESPONSE TO A PREVIOUS BIZARRE COLUMN BY ANTHONY JULIUS

THE RETIRING OF ANDY BARRIE FROM HIS MORNING CBC RADIO SHOW

ON THE FINAL CHAPTER TO CANADA'S AFGHANISTAN MISSION - WHATEVER THAT IS

ON THE NOTION OF A MADE-IN-CANADA SOLUTION TO THE BURKA

SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE TERRIBLE CASE OF OMAR KHADR - AND THE IGNORANT SAVAGERY OF SOME COMMENTS

BRITAIN'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE U.S.

THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON CAMPAIGN FUNDING: AMERICA'S DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT

ON A COLUMN COMPARING AMERICA'S LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI WITH CHINA'S - A FOOLISH EXERCISE IN UNTHINKING PROPAGANDA

ON THE PROSPECTS FOR A DEAL WITH THE TALEBAN

STEPHEN HARPER TWO-FACED? ACTUALLY NOT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIS HAITI BEHAVIOR VERSUS HIS USUAL

REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NOTION OF INCREASED ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE FACT OF ISRAEL'S BRUTAL BEHAVIOR

GOOGLE AND CHINA AND BEING "SOFT ON CHINA"

MORE ON MASSACHUSETTS

TONY BLAIR'S GREATEST CRIME NOT LISTENING TO CABINET?

NEED FOR LEGISLATION AGAINST PRIME MINISTERIAL ABUSE IN PARLIAMENT

THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE CONTEST AND OBAMA'S SITUATION

CAN AMERICA RISE AGAIN? ASKS A COLUMNIST - THE REAL QUESTION IS: CAN AMERICA GOVERN ITSELF?

THE HORROR OF HAITI: WHAT THE PRESS COVERAGE TELLS US

GAY RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

HAITI'S TRAGEDY AND AMERICA

ON AL QAEDA'S "ABUSING" BRITAIN'S FREE SPEECH AND "THE ENEMY WITHIN"

THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD PARENTS IN BRINGING UP KIDS - RESPONSE TO A DEBATE BETWEEN BRITAIN'S DAVID CAMERON AND POLLY TOYNBEE

THE SINE QUA NON OF DEMOCRACY

THEATER OF THE ABSURD: THE DETROIT UNDERPANTS "BOMBER" AND PARANOID OVER-REACTION

THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND DELUSIONAL AMERICAN THINKING ABOUT ITS POWER UNDER OBAMA

AMERICA IS "LOSING" THE WESTERN WORLD?