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

OBAMA SIGNALS HE IS READY FOR COMPROMISE AFTER MID-TERM DEFEAT - WHAT THE ELECTION REALLY MEANS: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS ENDANGERED

A WRITER SAYS AMERICANS ARE NOT STUPID BUT ANGRY FOR MID-TERM ELECTIONS : I BEG TO DIFFER

RAPE IN IRAN'S PRISONS IS THE CRUELLEST TORTURE ? AN UNINFORMED WRITER OFFERING MORE DEMONIZATION OF IRAN

THE NEED FOR SEPARATING THE ART FROM THE PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE ARTIST: THE CASE OF DIRECTOR GODDARD AND HIS SPECIAL OSCAR

ARE WE LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST BULLYING IN SCHOOLS? ANOTHER INSIPID AND USELESS ARTICLE ON THE SUBJECT

THE BLOODY AND POINTLESS IRAQ WAR AS LIBERAL INTERVERVENTIONISM? GOOD GOD WHAT A SHABBY EFFORT TO DISGUISE MASS MURDER

OMAR KHADR AS A LUCKY YOUNG MAN? ONLY A MORALLY-OBTUSE BRUTE COULD WRITE THAT

ROB FORD'S VICTORY AS TORONTO MAYOR PART OF A LARGER ZEITGEIST? NO - JUST LOCALS TIRED OF BLOWHARDS AND COSTS

DRONE ATTACKS - A WRITER SAYS THEY ARE LEGAL BUT ASKS IF THEY ARE MORAL? WHERE THIS BEHAVIOR THREATENS TO TAKE US

THE AMERICAN EMPIRE - COMPARISONS TO ROME - AND REMARKS ON AN INTERVIEW WITH HISTORIAN PAUL KENNEDY - MILITARY DANGERS TO A FREE SOCIETY

THE DREADFUL CASE OF SEAN BRUYEA - THE HARPER GOVERNMENT AND POLICE-STATE TACTICS

WOMEN NEEDED IN LEADING POLITICAL ROLES - YES BUT THE EXAMPLES CITED IN THIS EDITORIAL ARE HORRIBLE

MICHAEL IGNATIEFF AND FACEBOOK: ANYTHING FOR A VOTE

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