Friday the 13th in Paris and the Ugly Truth of State Terror
A covert operation in the name of ISIS is at least as likely as an attack by ISIS.
Read MoreJohn Chuckman is former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company. He has many interests and is a lifelong student of history. He writes with a passionate desire for honesty, the rule of reason, and concern for human decency. John regards it as a badge of honor to have left the United States as a poor young man from the South Side of Chicago when the country embarked on the pointless murder of something like 3 million Vietnamese in their own land because they happened to embrace the wrong economic loyalties. He lives in Canada, which he is fond of calling “the peaceable kingdom.”
Posted by John Chuckman | Nov 20, 2015 | Europe, Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
A covert operation in the name of ISIS is at least as likely as an attack by ISIS.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | May 8, 2015 | US, Viewpoints |
America simply cannot accept its mistakes or that it was ever wrong, for Americanism much resembles a fundamentalist religion.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Apr 29, 2015 | US, Viewpoints |
Hints of the dark place he is taking us
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Apr 14, 2015 | US, Viewpoints |
In the end, the person America elects as President makes no appreciable difference to what America does in the world or how its wealthy rulers treat their own people.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Apr 3, 2015 | US, Viewpoints |
Wealth has no inherent interest in democracy, and it is entirely up to a people anywhere to demand respect for democracy through laws.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Mar 12, 2015 | News & Analysis, US |
The truth is that the information side of the CIA’s house has never been very good at its work.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Feb 27, 2015 | US, Viewpoints |
At least twice as many Americans have been killed by police since 9/11 as were killed in the terrorist attacks.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Jan 30, 2015 | Palestine, US, Viewpoints |
While the mainstream media focus on “Islamic extremism”, Israel’s agonizingly long occupation of Palestine continues.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Jan 9, 2015 | Culture, US |
For an institution which quite literally dominates human history, it is a remarkable that the real face of war is never seen by most people.
Read MorePosted by John Chuckman | Nov 22, 2014 | Americas, Viewpoints |
Before Stephen Harper, Canada enjoyed for many decades a reputation for fairness and decency and intelligence in international affairs.
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