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John Chuckman: Bhutto, Bush, And Musharraf
Saturday, 29 December 2007, 9:26 am | John Chuckman
With the assassination of Ms. Bhutto, we are given to understand that anti-democratic religious zealots killed Pakistan's last hope for democracy. But her assassination was a far more complex event than such simplistic claims. More >>
The Annapolis Conference: Dead Man Walking
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 11:24 am | John Chuckman
The Annapolis Conference was, like so many political and diplomatic events of our time, highly choreographed, finely stage-managed, and heavily marketed. Yet, as soon as it was over, it was apparent little had happened, much as when a child opens a ... More >>
Ease of Fooling Most The People Most of The Time
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:42 am | John Chuckman
This year marks the forty-fourth anniversary of John Kennedy’s assassination. What is most remarkable about this is the stunningly simple fact that, despite innumerable books and several official investigations, we still do not know what happened in ... More >>
How Terror Has Lost Its Meaning
Monday, 16 July 2007, 9:09 pm | John Chuckman
Why does terror dominate our headlines and the attention of our governments going on six years after 9/11? The answer cannot be what George Bush says that it is: it is not the fault of people who hate democracy and freedom. More >>
John Chuckman: How Terror Has Lost Its Meaning
Sunday, 15 July 2007, 5:09 pm | John Chuckman
Why does terror dominate our headlines and the attention of our governments going on six years after 9/11? The answer cannot be what George Bush says that it is: it is not the fault of people who hate democracy and freedom. More >>
John Chuckman: China’s New Weapons
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 11:10 am | John Chuckman
In military matters, China has taken America by surprise a number of times recently, and surprises of this nature are not things with which Americans deal well, some portion of America's political establishment becoming irritable and uncomfortable. ... More >>
John Chuckman: Falwell's Legacy
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:36 am | John Chuckman
That great bulk, Jerry Falwell, has eaten his last family-size bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Yes, Jerry has ordered his last tent-sized silk suit, taken his last bag of cash from lonely old ladies, and ordered his last truckload of cheap, merchandising ... More >>
Likely Historical Significance Of The War In Iraq
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:39 am | John Chuckman
Names like Haditha, Fallujah, Samarra, and Abu Ghraib are likely destined to become, at least in the Muslim world, iconic symbols for America's bloody adventure in Iraq. This will not so much represent the deliberate selecting of horrors to remember and ... More >>
John Chuckman: The Case of Ethanol as Motor Fuel
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 4:13 pm | John Chuckman
Ethanol has always been a poor choice as a fuel, but the scientific and economic considerations behind that statement don't stop politicians from claiming otherwise. More >>
Cartoon: Wolfowitz "She Earned Every Cent"
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 1:04 am | John Chuckman
Cartoon by John Chuckman ************* coming soon… What's it all about? Read... THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE by John Chuckman http://chuckman.blog.ca/ Magpie Books, London http://www.constablerobinson.com/ More >>
Cartoon: Bush's Fourth-Anniversary Nightmare
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 1:52 pm | John Chuckman
Bush's Fourth-Anniversary Nightmare Cartoon By John Chuckman ENDS More >>
Chuckman Cartoons: Xmas '06 At The Whitehouse
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 1:16 pm | John Chuckman
Two cartoon comments from John Chuckman… ENDS More >>
John Chuckman: As I Lay Dying
Friday, 10 November 2006, 11:09 am | John Chuckman
Sadly, little coming from America's politics can fire my enthusiasm. During my lifetime, America has busied itself with the task of burying liberalism, reminding one of October's frenetic squirrels hunting and burying acorns. More >>
John Chuckman: Israel, Palestine, And Canada
Sunday, 22 October 2006, 2:02 pm | John Chuckman
Canada's Thirty-Percent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, just made a speech at a B'nai Brith banquet. Normally, there would be nothing notable in this, but his words this time reinforced controversial statements he made while Israel savagely bombed Lebanon. ... More >>
John Chuckman: North Korea's Bomb
Friday, 13 October 2006, 1:21 pm | John Chuckman
You might think from all the political noise that something extraordinary happened when North Korea conducted an underground nuclear explosion. But let's put the test, apparently a small-yield, inefficient device, into some perspective. More >>
John Chuckman: A Subtle Kind Of Fascism
Monday, 9 October 2006, 1:29 pm | John Chuckman
The word fascism is used a lot, often pejoratively. The image that immediately comes to mind is Mussolini in a steel helmet, hands on hips, head tipped back, jaw thrust out. It is an image that influenced other fascists. Young Hitler was a great admirer. More >>
Chuckman Cartoon: Taking Liberties
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 10:22 am | John Chuckman
Cartoon comment by John Chuckman More >>
John Chuckman: America Has Just Lost Two More Wars
Friday, 22 September 2006, 12:23 am | John Chuckman
For a country which takes excessive pride in flags, uniforms, and marching bands and spends more than the rest of the planet combined on its military, the record of America's forces since World War II is depressing. In dozens of quickie invasions ... More >>
John Chuckman: Decline Of The American Empire
Monday, 18 September 2006, 11:52 am | John Chuckman
The rise now of China, Japan, Europe, and others – India, Korea, and to some extent Russia and Brazil – means the United States must be relatively diminished on the world stage, much as an only child whose mother just gave birth to quintuplets. More >>
Chuckman Cartoon: A Smoking Bush
Monday, 28 August 2006, 11:34 am | John Chuckman
Cartoon comment by John Chuckman… ENDS More >>
