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

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE LEFT IN THE TRASH CAN OF HISTORY? THE ROLE AND MEANING OF POLITICAL PARTIES - WE SEE A NEW FORM OF BRINGING RELIGION INTO POLITICS BY PEOPLE IDENTIFYING AS ON THE RIGHT

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: CONTINUING CONFUSION OVER BEING A LIBERAL AND BEING A DEMOCRAT - NOT THE SAME THING - DEMOCRATS ARE JUST PART OF THE THROBBING AMERICAN KILLING ENGINE

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TROUBLE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA OVER REMOVING A STATUE OF ROBERT E. LEE AND RE-NAMING A PARK - YET THE GREATEST REPROBATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY (THOMAS JEFFERSON) CONTINUES TO ENJOY AMERICAN SAINTHOOD

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: PUTIN ORDERS AIR FORCE TO PREPARE FOR A TIME OF WAR - HE IS WISE TO DO SO - AMERICA AND RUSSIA TODAY - A COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY CONFLICT THANKS TO OBAMA'S WEAK LEADERSHIP

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: IRAN AND ISRAEL - NETANYAHU IN BRITAIN MAKING INSANE CLAIMS ABOUT IRAN - THE REAL REASON ISRAEL SO HATES IRAN

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THERESA MAY WELCOMING THE CRIMINAL NETANYAHU - PALESTINIAN RIGHTS - THE EXISTING SAD STATE OF BRITISH POLITICS

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: WHO IS A TERRORIST? WHOMEVER AMERICA SAYS IS A TERRORIST - PARALLELS WITH THE COMMUNIST MENACE AND SATAN'S LEGIONS - KEEPING THE MILITARY ENGINE THROBBING

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: AN ARTICLE ON RUSSIA'S TERRIFIC SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA APPEARING ON A VARIETY SHOW - WHY AMERICA SEEMS TO HAVE SUCH DUDS AS ITS SPOKESPEOPLE

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: BRITAIN'S MICHAEL FALLON AND RUSSIA'S "WEAPONIZING MISINFORMATION"NONSENSE - THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY A CONSCIENTIOUS PERSON CAN TRY KEEPING INFORMED

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ON THE NEW YORK TIMES AND ITS SUPPOSED LIBERAL BIAS - THE REALITIES OF THE NEW YORK TIMES - AND OF LIBERALS IN AMERICA - SNOW IN A BLAST FURNACE?

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: EMILY HILTON WRITES ONE OF THE MORE INSANE COLUMNS I'VE READ IN A WHILE - ABOUT THE "DE-JUDIFICATION" (A TERM THE NAZIS COINED) OF THE HOLOCAUST - SOME REALITIES OF HUMANITY'S VAST CAPACITY FOR ABUSE

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TULSI GABBARD VIEWED BY A WRITER AS A POSSIBLE PROGRESSIVE LIKE LINCOLN - AMERICA AND THE NATURE OF POLITICAL PARTIES - LINCOLN WAS NOT A "PROGRESSIVE"

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TRUDEAU'S FAILURE IN CANADA TO DELIVER VOTE REFORM - A GENERAL PROBLEM OF HUMANITY GOVERNING ITSELF - WILL TRUMP KEEP WHAT SEEMED HIS IMPORTANT PROMISES? - A MATTER AFFECTING EVERYONE

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: PRINCE CHARLES NOW MAKING COMPARISONS OF POLITICS TODAY WITH THE DARK DAYS OF THE 1930s - WHY HE IS FACTUALLY WRONG AND WHY HE IS STEPPING OUTSIDE HIS LEGITIMATE ROLE AS A ROYAL

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: PERHAPS THE EU IS DOOMED - IT IS A SHAME BUT HERE'S THE BASIC REASON - TOO MUCH EMPHASIS BY TRUMP FOLLOWERS ON NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY COULD ALSO PROVE DANGEROUS - MODERN NATION STATES

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE SLEAZY USE OF A HORRIBLE MASS KILLING TO MAKE A PROPAGANDA POINT - DONE MANY TIMES BY THE PRESS AND RARELY CHALLENGED

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TWO EXAMPLES OF YELLOW JOURNALISM'S OLD "THE EXPERTS WARN" TECHNIQUE - EACH USED TO ATTACK TRUMP WITH NO FACTUAL BASIS

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: PERSPECTIVE ON BRITISH PETITION AGAINST TRUMP'S UPCOMING OFFICIAL VISIT

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: "REFUGEE SAFE ZONES" HAS A NICE RING TO IT - BUT THE OUTCOME COULD WELL BE LESS THAN NICE - ON "GOING IT ALONE" IN PLACES LIKE SYRIA

JOHN CHUCKMAN ESSAY: THE CHANCE FOR GREATNESS, BUT IT IS SO EASILY LOST

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: GERMAN ACADEMICS PUBLISH OPEN LETTER AGAINST THE WESTERN PRESS'S TREATMENT OF SYRIAN SITUATION - SOME TRUTHS ABOUT THE WESTERN PRESS AND THE HUGE CHANGES NOW UNDERWAY

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: LOBBYISTS USE THE POPE FOR A PHOTO-OP AND SOUND-BITE PUBLICITY OPPORTUNITY ON THE VERY QUESTIONABLE IDEA OF RISING ANTI-SEMITISM - BLAMING "POPULISM" AND "ISOLATIONISM" - WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE TODAY

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: IS CUTTING WASTE IN THE MILITARY ENOUGH ASKS AN ARTICLE - IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE WASTE

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: A REGISTRY OF MUSLIMS? MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SAYS THE FIRST THING IN HER LIFE WITH WHICH I CAN AGREE - THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA BEING TESTED BY TRUMP

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT OBAMA DID A LAST SMALL ACT OF GOOD ANALYSIS SHOWS IT TO BE PIDDLING - HIS EARLY PROMISE TRULY TURNED TO ASHES

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: A FEW WORDS ON THE LATE MUAMMAR GADDAFI - HIS MURDER AND THE DESTRUCTION WHAT HAD BEEN A WELL-RUN AND PEACEFUL COUNTRY BEING AMONG THE OUTSTANDING OBAMA-HILLARY ACHIEVEMENTS

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: LUNATIC EXCESSES IN THE WASHINGTON MARCH - WHILE IGNORING MASS MURDER - AND YET ANOTHER CLAIM THAT HILLARY WAS ELECTED - AMERICA SPINS INTO MEANINGLESS INSANITY

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: MORE CHARGES OF ANTI-SEMITISM - LIKE RAIN IN VANCOUVER THEY NEVER STOP - THE FAILED ANGELA MERKEL HELD UP AS EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO DO FOR IT