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Sunday, November 07, 2004
Press Review
From today's edition of NORMAN'S SPECTATOR where the articles are hotlinked.
US papers lead with Iraq and post-mortems on the presidential campaign.
In France, news about Yasser Arafat’s condition gets more confusing by the hour; meanwhile, French soldiers have been dying in Cote d’Ivoire.
In the UK, a train accident has taken many lives, but the big news is that Tony Blair and George Bush will discuss Mideast peace at their upcoming meeting. (Here and here’s the latest from the region.)
The Los Angeles Times’ editorial board looks at Democrats and the God deficit. Jack Miles says Arafat’s death and Bush’s win is bad news for Jews.
Dennis Ross, who knew him better than most, remembers the Palestinian leader. (Here’s my take.)
The New York Times’ editorial board touts electoral reform. Maureen Dowd doesn’t like Karl Rove.
Tom Friedman doesn’t like Yasser Arafat, though he once did. Lyn Nofziger says political mandates are in the eye of the beholder.
The Washington Post’s editorial board weighs in on Darfur and the falling US dollar. Ombudsman Michael Getler says the media do not understand the South.
David Broder says the Democrats only learn after two defeats. Michael Kinsley favours a ceasefire between Red and Blue. Robert Kuttner says the anti-war movement is just beginning.
Jim Hoagland looks beyond Arafat. Robert Malley writes about his last meeting with the Ra’is.
At home, with Parliament adjourned for Remembrance day, it’s a slow-news Sunday. Ever wonder, as do I, why MPs get seven and you get only one lousy stat holiday—on a Thursday, yet? Just asking.
The Montréal Gazette fronts Fallujah and stiff entrance competition at an enriched high school. Inside, the Gaz serves up a fine feature on street kids. The editorial board favours cleaner cars.
The Toronto Star fronts a high school on the other side of the tracks and news of a new Ontario law to force students to stay in school.
Jennifer Wells writes about the early years. Graham Fraser writes about the Canada Research Chairs.
(By the way, though none of our newspapers reported it, not a single Canadian university finished in the top twenty in the Times Higher Education Supplement’s survey of the best universities in the world, released last month.
For the record, McGill ranked 21st, Toronto 37th, UBC 46th, Waterloo 143rd, McMaster was tied at 147th, Alberta ranked 166th and Université de Montréal was in 177th place. Oh, by the way, too, we are # 3 in the world in spending on higher education as a percentage of GDP. )
Olivia Ward serves up a feature on Bush II’s foreign policy. Lynda Hurst is onto Democratic woes in the South. A couple of academics say voters in Blue states are like Canadians.
Haroon Siddiqui has advice for American lefties that is guaranteed to keep the Democrats in opposition in perpetuity. Richard Gwyn, a religious man, wonders whether religious values will come to Canadian political debate.
Linda McQuaig—who couldn’t have carried Allan Gottlieb’s school bag and still can't--sure hopes not, and she takes on the former ambassador/undersecretary of state. (Here's his recent speech to the C. D. Howe Institute.)
M. J. Akbar serves up an embarrassing puff piece on Yasser Arafat. Mitch Potter reports from Jerusalem on what’s going on in Ramallah.
The editorial board praises Dalton McGuinty’s greenbelt proposal, and likes the helmet law too.
A third editorialist says the Bloc has shamed itself in the flag flap; I’m surprised anyone’s surprised that a guy elected to separate Québec from Canada would not want to hand out Canadian flags.
The Ottawa Citizen fronts Fallujah, the sub story, assisted suicide, a feature on the US election result and news that George Bush is coming to Canada soon.
In the Toronto Sun, Eric Margolis says Bush won and he now can pursue the Margolis/Michael Moore view of the world. Peter Worthington—no wet on military spending--says Canada does not need subs.
In Winnipeg, Tom Brodbeck looks at the sponsorship scandal. From Ottawa, Greg Weston wades in on French-language training for senior bureaucrats. Doug Fisher is onto Canada-US relations.
In Calgary, Paul Jackson looks forward to a long period of Republican rule. Ted Byfield says Paul Martin should be nervous about the outcome.
Licia Corbella prefers Bush over Michael Moore on Afghanistan. Rick Bell looks at the Alberta campaign.
In Edmonton, Paul Stanway looks at the Alberta campaign. Neil Waugh writes about the good times. Mindelle Jacobs writes that Yasser Arafat brought only bad ones to his people.
Posted by Norman Spector on November 7, 2004 | Permalink
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