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

YOUNG WOMAN WRITES OF CANADA'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER TROOPS LEAVE - SOME WELL-MEANING NONSENSE

AMERICA'S VETO OF THE U.N. RESOLUTION ADDRESSING ISRAEL'S CONSTANT CREATION OF SETTLEMENTS WHICH ARE JUST ANOTHER TERM FOR THEFT OF OTHERS' PROPERTY

AMERICA'S FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL INSANITY: NO ONE SAYS WHAT NEEDS SAYING AND NO ONE DOES WHAT NEEDS DOING

ATTACKING THE JUDGMENT OF JUDGES - MINISTER JASON KENNEY APING THE REPUBLICAN RIGHT - A CLEAR DANGER TO LAW AND ORDER AND CIVIL DEMOCRACY IN CANADA

FURTHER STILL TO JEFFERY SIMPSON ON HARPER'S REACTION TO EVENTS IN EGYPT - MORE ON HARPER'S RIDICULOUS AND NASTY TOOTHPASTE SPEECH

THE DECLINING BEAUTY OF COINS NOT OWING TO DECIMALIZATION IN BRITAIN

MORE ON NEIL REYNOLD'S NASTY PIECE OF PROPAGANDA ABOUT GEORGE BUSH AND DEMOCRACY INCLUDING SOMETHING ON HAMAS

GEORGE BUSH PUT DEMOCRACY ON A PEDESTAL? PLUS THE MEANING OF DEMOCRATIC VALUES - WHY ISRAEL CANNOT MEANINGFULLY BE CALLED A DEMOCRACY

HARPER'S SPEECH ABOUT EGYPT : REGRET THAT THE TOOTHPASTE CAN'T BE PUT BACK IN THE TUBE - SURELY A MEMORABLY BIZARRE STATEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC VALUES

DID HARPER'S GOVERNMENT DRAG ITS FEET ON MUBARAK? OF COURSE AND THE REASON IS CLEAR ENOUGH

NEW POLL SHOWS ONTARIO'S MCGUINTY IS BECOMING UNPOPULAR

THE ULTIMATE LAUGHING-STOCK EDITORIAL CALLS MUBARAK SHREWD AFTER HIS SPEECH DISAPPOINTING THE WORLD AND JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS RESIGNATION

REFLECTIONS ON CHICAGO'S HYDE PARK-KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS - RESPONSE TO GIDEON RACHMAN'S WORDS ON TOURING OBAMA'S NEIGHBORHOOD

PUBLIC SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATE TOO HIGH - YES AND THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR IT

LAWRENCE MARTIN COMMENTS ON HARPER AND OBAMA COOPERATING UNEXPECTEDLY WELL ON MANY THINGS INCLUDING BORDER MATTERS

MORE ON ISRAELIS THINK AMERICA CAN'T BE TRUSTED AND IT'S ALL OBAMA'S FAULT - WHEN IS ISRAEL GOING TO ACT AS A RESPONSIBLE STATE? PRICE OF HUBRIS

HARPER'S EFFORTS TO "HARMONIZE" CANADA'S BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATES: WHEN HARMONY IS NOT A PLEASANT THING

ISRAELI YOSSI KLEIN HELEVI OFFERS POSSIBLY THE WORST PROPAGANDA I HAVE READ ON MUBARAK AND OBAMA: ISRAELIS CAN'T TRUST AMERICA AND IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT

AN EDITORIAL CASTIGATING THE POSSIBLE RETURN OF "POLARIZING" ARISTIDE TO HAITI

WIKILEAKS ON ROGUE STATES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS - A BOOGEYMAN PIECE IGNORING THE GENUINE ROGUE STATE WHICH IS ISRAEL

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