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BARKS AND BITES, JACQUES AND JOCKSTRAPS
I wonder if John Kerry has perhaps launched his descent into caricature a couple of months too early. Usually, the successful losing candidate waits till [More...]
NEVILLE AGAIN
A neighbour of mine refuses to let her boy play with "militaristic" toys. So when a friend gave the l'il tyke a plastic sword and shield, mom mulled it over and then took away the former [More...]
OUI? NON? HOW ABOUT "NEITHER OF THE ABOVE"?
“Vote for the crook, not the Fascist.” In 2002, that was the cheery slogan of French electors offered a choice between Jacques Chirac [More...]
VICTORY IN IRAQ
HERE are 10 facts about Iraq today:
1) Saddam Hussein is in jail, his sons are in ‘paradise’, and of the 52 faces on the Pentagon’s deck of cards, all but nine [More...]
DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL!
A few months ago, you’ll recall, the Pentagon declared the axis of weasels ineligible for Iraqi reconstruction contracts. An affronted Gerhard Schroeder replied that this [More...]
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
The headline on the Washington Post review sums it up: “‘Passion’ Is A Gory Take On A Gentle Teacher’s Violent End”. Somebody’s confusing [More...]
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RICHARD CLARKE RELIVES THE GOOD OLD DAYS
In January 2002, the Enron story broke and the media turned their attention to the critical question: how can we pin this on Bush? As I wrote in this space [More...]
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT YOU...
Valhalla, The Flu Season and The Ladies
There is a kind of playwright who glitters magnificently on the surface of life. He doesn’t probe for depth; he frolics in the [More...]
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A LEGEND SIGNS OFF
Alistair Cooke, 1908-2004
Less than a month after hanging up his microphone, the great Alistair Cooke has died in New York at the age of 95. Most Americans, [More...]
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