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

MORE ON COULTER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA - IDEAS? WHAT IDEAS? SHE'S A SIDE SHOW PERFORMER OF HATE

TORONTO SCHOOL BOARD'S DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES ACADEMIES: A NEW BERNIE MADOFF PONZI SCHEME FOR EDUCATION

QUEBEC AND THE NIQAB - A CASE SURELY OF ABUSING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND A DOWNRIGHT FOOLISH BUSINESS

DAVID FRUM FIRED FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

THE ANN COULTER CIRCUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA: CALLING THIS A MATTER OF FREE SPEECH IS SILLY

AMERICA IS NOW ASKING CANADIAN TROOPS TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THEIR AGREED DEPARTURE IN 2011

HILLARY SPEAKS AT AIPAC - ISRAEL'S RECENT SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR - THE SILLINESS OF BIBLICAL CLAIMS TO GREATER ISRAEL

OBAMA'S "TAINTED VICTORY" ON HEALTHCARE - ACTUALLY THE MESSINESS AND INEFFICIENCY OF THE LEGISLATION ARE TYPICAL OF AMERICAN POLITICS

CONTROVERSY AND PREJUDICE OVER THE NIQAB - AND THE TRUTH ABOUT ISRAEL'S GROSSLY INEFFICIENT ECONOMY IN RESPONSE TO AN IGNORANT COMMENT

NOBEL-WINNING ECONOMIST PAUL KRUGMAN'S DANGEROUS THOUGHTS ABOUT CHINA - AND WHY AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN A GENUINE FREE-TRADER

JEFFERSON AS AUTHOR OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: ONLY PARTLY RIGHT - MORE ABOUT JEFFERSON TOO

A COLUMN EXPLAINING WHY AMERICAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS HAVE GONE SOUR - SO WHO NEEDS AN EXPLANATION?

NETANYAHU AND THE AFTERMATH OF ISRAEL'S POINTED INSULT TO VISTING VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN - WHERE ISRAEL'S SAVAGE BEHAVIOR IS TAKING US

CONSERVATIVE JUNIOR MINISTER HELENA GUERGIS'S UGLY AIRPORT MELT-DOWN AND THE PARTY'S PATHETIC POOL OF MINISTERIAL MATERIAL

TIRESOME IN-HOUSE NEPOTISM AT CBC RADIO ONLY REDUCES PUBLIC RESPECT FOR THE NETWORK

HAITI: IS IT HOPELESS?

YAWN: TELEVISION DEBATES COMING TO BRITISH POLITICS

A RUBBISH COLUMN ABOUT EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN

RESPONSE TO A COLUMN ON SOMETHING OR OTHER BY CANADA'S PRESTON MANNING

ON BARACK OBAMA'S BEING A PUZZLE

HILLARY CLINTON "TOUGH AND TIRELESS" IN ARGENTINA

MORE OLYMPIC NONSENSE: PRIDE IN SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT - BUT AT WHAT COST?

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