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

ISRAEL AND HAVING BEEN THERE 3000 YEARS - A COMMENT TO AN EDITORIAL SAYING THE PEACE TALKS SHOULDN'T BE BULLDOZED OVER SETTLEMENTS

THE MISNOMER OF PEACE TALKS

WHO WON IN IRAQ? ASKS A DAILY TELEGRAPH EDITORIAL - THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SCHOOLYARD BULLY IS THE REAL ANSWER

EDUCATION STUDY SPENDS TIME AND MONEY ON THE OBVIOUS: POOR MASTERY OF MATH IN LOWER GRADES MEANS POOR SUCCESS IN HIGHER GRADES - EDUCATION'S FAILURE

TOO EARLY TO WRITE-OFF NEW ISRAEL-PALESTINE TALKS? AN ANSWER TO JOURNALIST ALUF BENN'S EMPTY WORDS

ACADEMICS WORKING LIKE ACTORS IN TV ADS WEARING WHITE COATS POSING AS DOCTORS - THE CASE OF AURAL BRAUN ON RUSSIA AND IRAN AND TURKEY

WAS DEATH OF BRITAIN'S DOCTOR KELLY A SUICIDE OR A MURDER? THE DISHONEST TERM CONSPIRACY THEORIST AND CONSPIRACIES AS COMMON EVENTS

FAR OVER-GENERALIZED STUFF ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION BORDERING ON NONSENSE - SOME OBSERVATIONS ON INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE SITUATION IN CHINA

PREACHING TOLERANCE TO SWEDEN WHILE DEFENDING ISRAEL'S GHASTLY INTOLERANCE AND THE HYPOCRISY OF CONFLATING CRITICISM WITH ANTI-SEMITISM

A FALSE ARGUMENT ABOUT SUPPORTING SEPARATISM USED TO DEFEND ENDING CANADA'S PUBLIC SUPPORT OF POLITICAL PARTIES

THE COURT'S RELEASE OF ABDULLAH KHADR - OMAR'S BROTHER - AND THE MEANINGLESSNESS OF CALLING PEOPLE TERRORISTS

CELEBRATING ONLY THE EXCEPTIONAL IN SPORTS? WHERE THAT ATTITUDE TAKES US

CBC EXECUTIVE LEAVES UNDER DARK CLOUD - MORE ON CBC DESCENDING INTO DUMBNESS

BP ACCUSED OF "CARPET BOMBING" THE GULF WITH DISPERSANTS - HERE IS THE ULTIMATE INSENSIVITY IN LANGUAGE AND INSANITY OF PERSPECTIVE

CHAVEZ PROPS UP UNSAVOURY CHARACTERS SAYS THINK-TANK HACK ALVARO VARGAS LLOSA - ONCE AGAIN THE FAILURE OF CONVENTIONAL NEWS IN PUBLISHING RUBBISH

THE WIKILEAKS AFFAIR AND THE SHORTCOMINGS OF CONVENTIONAL JOURNALISM

U.S. NAVAL FORCES IN EXERCISES OFF EASTERN CHINA

TOM FLANAGAN SAYS POWER-SHARING WOULD GO A WAY TO SOLVING CANADA'S POLITICAL IMPASSE - AVOIDING POLITICAL SCIENCE TO PROMOTE HIS RIGHT-WING AGENDA

OMAR KHADR SAYS HE WILL NOT GET A FAIR TRIAL IN AMERICA - AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

FRANCE'S NEW LAW ON WOMEN COVERING THEIR FACES

THE LIBERAL PARTY SENDS ARROGANT IGNATIEFF ON A SUMMER-LONG BUS TRIP TO TOUCH ORDINARY FOLK - RICK SALUTIN CALLS IT HIS HUMBLING

THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED PURCHASE OF A GHASTLY EXPENSIVE AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANE ALMOST USELESS TO CANADA

MARGARET WENTE HALLUCINATES ABOUT THE POSSIBLE STONING OF A WOMAN IN IRAN - OR HOW TO IGNORE SCREAMING REALITIES FOR A PROPAGANDA POINT

IS ISRAEL A NORMAL STATE? ASKS AN ANALYST - A BRAVE QUESTION BUT IT COMES WITH A WHIMPER OF AN ANSWER

FORMER ASSOCIATE MAI PEDERSON EXPLAINS WHY SHE IS CERTAIN BRITAIN'S DR. KELLY WAS MURDERED IN THE RUN-UP TO THE IRAQ INVASION

MARGARET ATWOOD ASKS WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY YOU WANT - COMPARISON OF POLICE AT TWO DEMONSTRATIONS

WESLEY WARK ON CANADA'S RICHARD FADDEN C.S.I.S. AFFAIR AND A RIDICULOUS COMPARISON TO KENNEDY AND DULLES

POLITICS AND THE AMERICAN SUPREME COURT - THE ABSURDITY OF THE JUDGE BORK FIDELITY-TO-THE-ORIGINAL POSITION - AND THE ROLE OF MILITARISM

TORONTO'S GAY PRIDE PARADE AND THE ANTI-ISRAELI APARTHEID GROUP OF MARCHERS - A SAD ATTEMPT TO DEMONIZE THEM

HAMAS IS STILL THE PROBLEM? I DON'T THINK SO

THE GLOBE AND MAIL'S MATCHLESS LIGHT-WEIGHT MARGARET WENTE ASKS WHO'S AFRAID OF RIGHT-WING NORTH TELEVISION?

IS OBAMA LOSING THE MODERATE MUSLIMS? A SUMMARY OF WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE FROM WESTERN ASIA