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Why Must The Right Wing Sound So Brutally Stupid?
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 6:04 pm | John Chuckman
Just when I thought he had shown a glimmer of statesmanship, Stephen Harper, Canada's prime minister courtesy of just over one-third of the vote, reverted to character. Following Israel's apparently-deliberate targeting of four UN observers in Lebanon, ... More >>
John Chuckman: Delusional Expectations
Monday, 31 July 2006, 1:21 pm | John Chuckman
At this writing, Israel has killed six hundred civilians in Lebanon, including more than one hundred children, and killed another one hundred and fifty in Gaza. It has created hundreds of thousands of refugees and destroyed enough bridges and power ... More >>
John Chuckman: When Terror Is Just Fine
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 11:07 am | John Chuckman
Following the assassination of Reinhard Heidrich by Czech partisans in 1942, Hitler’s government executed all the men in the village of Lidici, sent its women and children to concentration camps, and razed the village to the ground. A few weeks later, the ... More >>
John Chuckman: Afghanistan Is No One’s War
Monday, 10 July 2006, 10:17 am | John Chuckman
A summary of events leading to the invasion of Afghanistan is helpful. Following 9/11, the Taleban government said it would extradite Osama bin Laden if the U.S. could produce evidence against him. This is the approach taken by the courts of every ... More >>
Chuckman: Why American Liberalism Is Impossible
Friday, 30 June 2006, 11:23 am | John Chuckman
I heard an interview the other day with Peter Beinart who has a new book called The Good Fight: Why Liberals – and Only Liberals – Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again . Apart from a slight nausea induced by a toothy Richard ... More >>
Chuckman: Terror In Toronto Or Tempest In A Teapot
Monday, 12 June 2006, 3:25 pm | John Chuckman
The arrest in Toronto of seventeen men, mostly quite young, for conspiracy to bomb places in Southern Ontario has raised a storm of comment. Unfortunately, much of it has been either premature or wrong. More >>
John Chuckman: The Iceman Cometh
Friday, 12 May 2006, 3:15 pm | John Chuckman
The Iceman Cometh Canada's New Prime Minister, Stephan Harper, Starts Governing John Chuckman May 11, 2006 More >>
John Chuckman: Oh, Say, Can You See Xenophobia
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 1:36 pm | John Chuckman
"One of the important things here is that we not lose our national soul" - George Bush Was George Bush speaking of some truly shattering event in American affairs? Perhaps the imprisonment and torture of thousands of innocent people? Perhaps the ... More >>
John Chuckman Cartoons: The Decider
Friday, 28 April 2006, 10:50 am | John Chuckman
Three Cartoon comments from John Chuckman… More >>
John Chuckman: America's Gulag
Monday, 24 April 2006, 2:03 pm | John Chuckman
Often small things provide the most disturbing evidence for world-changing events, as when naturalists observe the quiet disappearance of some little known species. The CIA's firing of senior officer Mary O. McCarthy is a political event of just ... More >>
John Chuckman: America's Brutal Tactics
Monday, 3 April 2006, 11:55 am | John Chuckman
Naturally enough, few details of what American troops do in Iraq and Afghanistan reach the nation's television screens, the main source of news for most Americans. American television takes the approach of the New York Times when it refers to professional ... More >>
Sorry, Mr. PM, Afghanistan Is Not Our War
Monday, 27 March 2006, 11:50 am | John Chuckman
Afghanistan is not our war, Mr. Prime Minister. We are not threatened by voices in the Middle East opposing American policy, unless you believe one reference in a recording of bin Laden mentioning Canada along with other countries. That recording, along ... More >>
The Nonsense Of Nation-Building In Afghanistan
Monday, 13 March 2006, 12:24 am | John Chuckman
Nation-building is a term created by people living off Pentagon contracts. It is one of those queasy political expressions with no hard meaning yet its use raises few eyebrows. The term sounds as though it means something, and it is treated as ... More >>
Chuckman Cartoon: Cheney With A Gun
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 11:26 am | John Chuckman
Cartoon by John Chuckman More >>
John Chuckman: Cartoons And Bombs
Monday, 13 February 2006, 9:30 pm | John Chuckman
I wonder, are waves of angry protest, flag burning, and embassy burning in the name of religion any less rational than waves of B-52s, cluster bombs, and torture in the name of democracy? More >>
Chuckman: What Did Stephen Harper Actually Win?
Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 2:11 pm | John Chuckman
There has been a lot of noise about the victory of Stephen Harper, leader of Canada’s new Conservative party, but just what did he win? More >>
Chuckman: God Bless Canada!
Monday, 23 January 2006, 10:56 am | John Chuckman
I hadn't realized until recently that Stephen Harper was using "God Bless Canada!" as a tagline for his speeches. Some may think this a harmless, or even beneficent, expression for a politician to use, but for those with knowledge of history, nothing ... More >>
John Chuckman: God Bless Canada!
Sunday, 22 January 2006, 12:02 pm | John Chuckman
I hadn't realized until recently that Stephen Harper was using "God Bless Canada!" as a tagline for his speeches. Some may think this a harmless, or even beneficent, expression for a politician to use, but for those with knowledge of history, nothing ... More >>
John Chuckman: And To All, A Good Night
Sunday, 25 December 2005, 8:08 am | John Chuckman
It was only a matter of time before Santa Claus himself came under the Neanderthal-eyed scrutiny of American intelligence. After all, Santa’s citizenship is unknown, and he crosses borders with no passport or other form of identification. No one knows ... More >>
John Chuckman: Torture And White Phosphorus
Monday, 12 December 2005, 11:58 am | John Chuckman
I've previously charged Condoleezza Rice with having an appalling ignorance of history. I don't mean the kind of knowledge - dates of battles, names and terms of treaties, etc. - that earns a good grade on an exam. We know Condoleezza got good grades in ... More >>
