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 OBAMA'S SAD WORDS - CLIVE CROOK RIGHTLY SAYS THE ECONOMY ISN'T A MOON RACE - THOUGHTS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITION

EDITORIAL SAYS EGYPT'S MUBARAK DOESN'T GET IT - BUT WHOSE CREATURE IS MUBARAK ? - THE UNITED STATES' AND ISRAEL'S DARK ROLES IN EGYPT

MORE ON OBAMA'S SAD WORDS ABOUT AMERICA - THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT OF OBAMA - DOES AMERICA EVEN NEED ELECTIONS? - CHANGE LIKELY ONLY WITH U.S. DECLINE

AMERICAN SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES MEETS CANADA'S PETER MACKAY TO TOUT F-35 PURCHASE PLANS - THE SAD TRUTH ABOUT THE F-35 AND PETER MACKAY

OBAMA'S SADLY EMPTY WORDS ABOUT AMERICA - IT'S TIME FOR AMERICA TO SHUT-UP AND ROLL-UP ITS SLEEVES - BUT THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN

COLUMNIST ASKS WHY OBAMA HAS DONE NOTHING BUT PRESSURE ISRAEL OVER SETTLEMENTS FOR TWO YEARS - WORDS SURELY FROM CLOUDCUCKOOLAND

TELEGRAPH EDITORIAL SAYING THAT BLAIR DESPITE HIS PAST RECORD SHOULD BE TRUSTED ON IRAN - AN EDITORIAL AS DISHONEST AS TONY HIMSELF

TONY BLAIR IN SECOND APPEARANCE AT IRAQ INQUIRY SAYS HE REGRETS LOSS OF LIFE - MASSES & PRAYERS & THE PERFUMES OF ARABIA WON'T TOUCH YOUR STENCH TONY

TOM FLANAGAN AND STEPHEN HARPER WORK TIRELESSLY TOWARDS AN AMERICAN MODEL OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE - WHY ? BECAUSE THEY EMBRACE A NIETZSCHEAN VIEW

CORRECTING SOME SKEWED VIEWS ON HU'S VISIT TO THE U.S. - COMPARISONS THAT MAKE CHINA A MODEL WORLD CITIZEN AND THE U.S. ITS OPPOSITE

BABY DOC IN HAITI - THE GLOBE'S MOST PUFFED-UP EDITORIAL OF THE YEAR ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH HIM

HARPER'S LEGACY - AND THE COLUMN ISN'T A JOKE

TERRY FOX'S FAMILY WANTS A MUSEUM

THOUGHTS ON AMERICA'S RESPONSE TO CHINA'S RISE

A SUGGESTION OF NO COALITION BUT UNITING CANADA'S LEFT AND CENTER PARTIES IN EXPECTATION OF AN ELECTION

MODERN CONSERVATIVES' FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY - NOTE ON AMERICAN DECLINE - AND A FURTHER NOTE ON SARAH PALIN

SARAH PALIN'S TACTICS CALLED INTO QUESTION - BUT HER TACTICS ARE THE LEAST OF A BAD BUSINESS

FURTHER TO AMERICA'S PRIMITIVE POLITICS AFTER THE ARIZONA MASSACRE - PRIZE EXAMPLE OF A MEANINGLESS COMMENT A LA SARAH PALIN

THE IDEA OF CHINA BECOMING A MILITARY RIVAL TO THE UNITED STATES - AN IDEA WITH NO BASIS

CLIVE CROOK SAYS IT'S POLITICS AS USUAL AFTER ARIZONA MASSACRE - BUT WHAT ELSE COULD YOU EXPECT?

MICHAELLE JEAN UNESCO SPECIAL ENVOY TO HAITI TELLS DONORS TO REMEMBER THEIR PLEDGES

SUFFERING AND SPIRITUALITY? A GROUP DISCUSION BELONGING TO 1311 NOT 2011 - PLUS A NOTE ON THE HOPELESSNESS OF HAITI

NEW EDITION OF MARK TWAIN'S HUCKLEBERRY FINN EXPURGATES THE HATED WORD - A BAD SOLUTION TO A GENUINE PROBLEM - HUCKLEBERRY'S PLACE IN LITERATURE

STILL MORE ABOUT MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS : A TOTALLY UNWORKABLE IDEA IN PRESENT DAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS' CULTURE OF DISHONESTY

MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS AGAIN - A WASTE OF BREATH TO DISCUSS - EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT NEEDS GREAT CHANGES

HARPER'S APPOINTMENT OF PETER KENT AS MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT - A PRETEND MINISTER FOR A PRETEND DEPARTMENT

YET MORE ON CONVICTED OLIGARCH KHODORKOVSKY: A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A COMMENT MADE WITH NO KNOWLEDGE

SECOND-RATE ACADEMIC AND MURDER-ADVOCATE TOM FLANAGAN AND "PARIAH PRODUCTS" - THE LAST BEING FLANAGAN'S AWKWARD TERM FOR GOODS LOADED WITH "SIN TAX"

JOURNALIST CALLS FOR BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO SHOW SOME TOUGHNESS OVER ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENTS

FEARS OVER CHINA DEVELOPING A MISSILE CAPABLE OF SINKING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS - MORE ON CHINA'S NEW WEAPONS - THE WELCOME END OF AMERICAN HEGEMONY

MORE TWISTED STUFF ON THE CONVICTION OF KHODORKOVSKY IN RUSSIA - NOW THE FAMILIAR AND UNWARRANTED ANTI-SEMITISM CHARGE

TWISTED NEWS COVERAGE OF THE SECOND CONVICTION OF OLIGARCH KHODORKOVSKY BY RUSSIA 'S COURTS - AND A WORD ON THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE

18 ALLEGED MILITANTS KILLED BY AMERICAN MISSILE IN PAKISTAN - GEORGE ORWELL WOULD HAVE OFFERED A BITTER LAUGH

THE POPE BLUBBERS ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA: HERE IS WHAT HE REALLY MEANS AND POPE AS SYMBOL OF FREEDOM TO NONE

AMERICA JOINS THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WORLD ALLOWING GAYS TO SERVE ITS MILITARY - BUT HERE IS A NEW FREEDOM WITH A HITCH

TIME TO GET SERIOUS ON THE WAR ON DRUGS BLUBBERS A BRAINLESS EDITORIAL - REFLECTIONS ON AMERICAN SOCIETY THE CONSUMER OF HALF THE WORLD'S DRUGS

WIKILEAKS AND THE IDEA THAT JULIAN ASSANGE IS A HERO ONLY FOR NOW - REFLECTION ON NATURE OF HEROISM

EDITORIAL ASSERTS JULIAN ASSANGE WANTS A WORLD WITHOUT SECRETS AND WOULDN'T THAT BE TERRIBLE? A PHONY ARGUMENT AGAINST DEMOCRACY

BACK CHANNEL TALKS ADVOCATED FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINE - A WASTE OF WORDS

RELIGION'S FUTURE - MORE OF THE TRAIL OF DETRITUS FROM THE IDIOTIC MUNK DEBATE - COMPARING WHAT CANNOT BE COMPARED

MARGARET WENTE HITS JOURNALISTIC BOTTOM WITH HER CANCUN CONFERENCE MUTTERINGS: SAYING THINGS SHE WASN'T THERE TO SEE

A SILLY COLUMNIST COMPARES JULIAN ASSANGE WITH TED KACZYNSKI IN NOT CARING WHOM HE HURT - WHAT ABOUT ISRAEL'S GENUINELY KACZYNSKI-LIKE BEHAVIOR ?