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

MAYOR ROB FORD'S HIGH-HANDED FIRING OF TORONTO TRANSIT MANAGER GARY WEBSTER: TRANSPORTATION POLICY THROUGH IGNORANCE

CBC HITS BOTTOM: CANADA READS REDUCED TO A FARCE BY THE GHOMESHI CROWD INCLUDING ANNE-FRANCE GOLDWATER'S TASTELESS VIEWS

TEN YEARS LATER AND AFGHANISTAN IS PROVING TO BE AN UTTER WASTE OF LIFE AND TREASURE - CANADA'S SAD ROLE

FURTHER TO IRAN AND JOHN BAIRD'S PATHETIC WORDS ON GERALD CAPLAN'S ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION: ON THE USE OF THE INSULT 'ANTI-SEMITIC' FOR CRITICS OF ISRAEL

FURTHER TO GERALD CAPLAN'S REASONED WORDS ON IRAN - JOHN BAIRD, THE CONSERVATIVES' UTILTY ATTACK-DOG MINISTER, SAYS IRAN IS A THREAT AND NOT RHETORIC - SOME HARD FACTS

A WRITER CORRECTLY OBSERVES THAT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ARE WRONG ON THE IRAN THREAT - INDEED AND WHAT IS BEHIND IT ALL

AMERICAN MAGAZINE EDITOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL QUITS AFTER ADVOCATING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASSASSINATION - ISRAEL'S DESCENT INTO INSANITY

REVIEW OF JOAN MELLEN’S FAREWELL TO JUSTICE - THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION AND JIM GARRISON'S INVESTIGATION

FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD IT"S NOT A SAFE OR EASY PATH TO MODERNITY - A COLUMN BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHEN IT IS EVER SO FOR ANY SOCIETY - SOME HISTORY

MY WHAT A SURPRISE: TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINIANS END WITH NO BREAKTHROUGH

MICHAEL IGNATIEFF SAYS WE NEED A POLITICS OF FAIRNESS: DOES THE MAN RECOLLECT ONE DETAIL OF HIS OWN MISERABLE POLITICAL CAREER?

HARPER AS HOCKEY PRIME MINISTER?

EDITORIAL ON THE IMPORTANCE OF READING JUST RAISES THE NEED FOR SERIOUS REFORM IN PUBLIC EDUCATION - NOTE ON DRIVEL BOOKS

BELINDA STRONACH REVIVES A TIRED OLD MATTER FROM THE REPUBLICANS OF 20 YEARS AGO - TERM LIMITS AND WHY THEY ARE WRONG

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: CBC SPENDS A LARGE SUM ON 75TH ANNIVERSARY PUBLICITY - SUCCEEDING ONLY IN REMINDING US WHAT WE'VE LOST

OBAMA PROMISES TO EXERT AMERICA'S POWER IN THE PACIFIC - A DIRECT THREAT TO CHINA - SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THIS IDIOCY

HARPER MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO RELAX THE BULLYING WITH A MAJORITY - REFLECTIONS ON TYRANNICAL MINDS AND DEMOCRATIC WEAKNESS OF CANADA'S PARLIAMENT

ON CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS' DEATH

OLEAGINOUS AND DISHONEST MINISTER JASON KENNEY FORBIDS THE NIQAB AT CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES - A WORD ON CANADA'S NOT-QUITE SECULAR NATURE

MARGARET WENTE CALLS DURBAN CONFERENCE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD : SHE'S RIGHT FOR ONCE BUT NOT THE WAY SHE INTENDED

PALESTINIANS DON’T EXIST: NEWT GINGRICH’S IGNORANT COMMENT DURING A DEBATE – ISRAEL’S INAPPROPRIATE INFLUENCE ON U.S. – FACTS ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST’S HISTORY – MYTHS MIXED IN POLICY

A COLUMNIST WRITES, RATHER ABSURDLY, OF ISREAL’S LIBERAL VALUES BEING STOMPED OVER – THE TRUE NATURE OF LIBERALISM – SAUDI ARABIA’S SECRET RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL

CANADA’S PATHETIC MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE DURBAN CONFERENCE, PETER KENT – A PRETEND MINISTER APPOINTMENTED TO WHAT STEPHEN HARPER THINKS OF AS A PRETEND MINISTRY

NEW BORDER DEAL BETWEEN CANADA AND AMERICA – WHY IT’S A BAD IDEA AT THIS TIME – AMERICA’S DECLINE INTO A POLICE STATE

PUTIN COMMENTS ON AMERICAN INTERFERENCE IN RUSSIA’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS – REFLECTIONS ON AMERICAN INTERFERENCE ABROAD – THE COMPLETE NASTINESS OF HILLARY CLINTON IN HER OLD AGE

CBC’S DECLINING STANDARDS – FURTHER COMMENT – CBC’S FATE UNDER THE HARPERITES – CBC’S INTELLECTUAL SUICIDE

ONTARIO'S PROPOSED LAW ON SCHOOL BULLIES GIVING SCHOOLS MORE POWER TO DISCIPLINE - BULLIES AND PARENTS - PARENT VERSUS PEER INFLUENCE - BULLY TEACHERS

AMERICA'S KILLING OF PAKISTAN'S TROOPS - FACTS ON AFGHAN BORDER - AMERICA'S CAVALIER RECORD OF KILLING NON-COMATANTS

REVIEW OF BARRY ERNEST'S THE GIRL ON THE STAIRS - THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION