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

ANDERS BREVEIK - NONSENSE ABOUT MASS MURDER AND THE INTERNET - BUT CERTAIN MAINLINE COLUMNISTS INFLUENCED BREVEIK - NATURE OF APHORISMS - NORWAY'S EXAMPLE VS AMERICA'S

IN THE WAKE OF ANDERS BREVEIK'S MASS MURDER A SMUG COLUMNIST SAYS WE NEED TO EXPOSE DANGEROUS FICTIONS - AND AN OBTUSE COMMENT ABOUT ISLAM

CLIVE CROOK COMMENTS ON REPUBLICAN AND TEA PARTY BEHAVIOR DURING BUDGET TALKS

AMERICAN BUDGET PARALYSIS - JEFFREY SIMPSON SAYS SHOCK THERAPY IS NEEDED - AND EVERYTHING'S FINE IN DOROTHY'S KANSAS

WILL KIRSTINE STEWART SAVE CBC? ASKS A PUFF PIECE - THE ANSWER IS PRETTY OBVIOUS FROM HER RESUME

THE HORROR IN NORWAY - WHAT TO MAKE OF IT - A NOTE ON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

THE CENTENARY OF MARSHALL MCLUHAN - SOME PERSPECTIVE ON A MUCH OVERRATED INTELLECTUAL FIGURE

A YOUNG MAN DOCUMENTS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS POLICE BREAKING THEIR OWN REGULATIONS - THE OVERSTATED DANGERS OF POLICE WORK

ON LISZT'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY IVAN HEWETT WRITES OF HIS INFURIATING QUALITIES

NEWS STORY ABOUT ENTIRE FAKE STORES FOR APPLE APPS IN CHINA WITH EVEN EMPLOYEES BELIEVING THEY WORK FOR APPLE

KARZAI'S BROTHER IS ASSASSINATED IN AFGHANISTAN - THE FUTILITY OF AMERICA'S BLOODY WAR

AMERICA'S ADMIRAL MULLEN MAKES PUBLIC ACCUSATIONS ABOUT THE DEATH OF A JOURNALIST IN PAKISTAN: HYPOCRISY PROTECTING STUPID AND DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES

MARGARET WENTE ALMOST SETS HER NEW RECORD FOR TRASH WRITING ABOUT A HUMANITARIAN FLOTILLA AS A "SHIP OF USEFUL IDIOTS"

TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL POMPOUSLY EDITORIALIZES ABOUT JOURNALISTIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE WAKE OF RUPERT MURDOCH'S NEWS OF THE WORLD HACKING SCANDAL

TRANSIT EXPERT DAVID GUNN OFFERS A LIST OF WRONG DECISIONS BY THE TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION (TTC)

FOURTH OF JULY NONSENSE ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND AMERICA'S FOUNDING

MICHAEL IGNATIEFFF WHINES AND MAKES EXCUSES FOR HIS COMPLETE FAILURE AS A POLITICAL LEADER - THE "ISSUE" OF EX-PATS RETURNING TO CANADA

ISRAEL WARNS JOURNALISTS NOT TO GO ON GAZA FLOTILA II - SAYS THEY MAY LOSE PRIVILEGES FOR BREAKING LAW - BUT THE UNSAID TRUTH

CANADIAN SENATE REFORM: HARPER'S DISHONEST APPROACH TO IMPROVING DEMOCRACY - ANALYSIS OF FACTS - REFERENDUMS

TORONTO'S POLICE CHIEF BLAIR: NOTHING BUT POOR EXCUSES FOR POLICE EXCESSES AT G-20 MEETING

A NEW PHONY LEAK ABOUT OSAMA BIN LADEN - THIS ONE QUOTING HIM ABOUT NEED FOR A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL NAME - FROM THE VERY FOLKS WHO RUN A PERPETUAL WAR AND CLAIM TO HAVE MURDERED HIM

ANOTHER MUNK DEBATE MONEY-RAISING CIRCUS: THIS ONE INCLUDES THE WORLD'S GREATEST UNCHARGED WAR CRIMINAL HENRY KISSINGER BLUBBERING ABOUT CHINA

WIND TURBINES FOR "GREEN" ELECTRICITY - CLAIM MADE AESTHETICS ARE THE PROBLEM - BUT AESTHETICS ARE ONLY THE SMALLEST PART OF THE PROBLEM