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Sunday, January 23, 2005
NORMAN'S SPECTATOR
From today's edition of NORMAN'S SPECTATOR, where the articles are hotlinked.
IF YOU’RE TIGHT FOR TIME
In France, Roch Voisine came up big in this year’s NRJ.
The New York Times’ editorial board looks at crafty attacks on evolution, Maureen Dowd at the attack on Sponge Bob.
The Washington Post leads with a new clandestine Pentagon espionage group, and stuffs a report outing the top spook.
Ombudsman Michael Getler reviews a report the Post blew big time; when’s the last time you read something like this in a Canadian newspaper?
The Los Angeles Times’ editorial board looks at the jumbo Airbus; can you imagine the commissions they’ll be paying on this one?
A second outsider—a blogger this week—get his chance to take a shot at the Times. When’s the last time you’ve seen anything like this series in a Canadian newspaper?
In the UK, The Independent leads with news that half of RAF women are victims of sex harassment. I sure hope the men atop the RAF don’t spin this as proof that half of RAF women are not victims of sex harassment.
At home, the Prime Minister is still away, but he’s back-pedalling briskly on the way back home.
A lot of stuff of another colour has fallen on Toronto or so I’m told. I’m also told, however, that the Canadian military is fully committed.
Speaking of which, a new book alleges that Canadian soldiers committed war crimes during World War 2.
In the Toronto Sun, Peter Worthington discovers that not all babies born to Canadians are automatically Canadians.
In Calgary, Ted Byfield says it’s been a good week for opponents of same-sex marriage.
Doug Fisher looks at the hot issues when Parliament returns, but he lost yours truly when he got onto bestiality.
ALL THE POOP THAT’S FIT TO POST
The New York Times leads with plans to speed up the training of Iraqi soldiers, and fronts Iraqis divided over the value of the election.
The Washington Post leads with a new clandestine Pentagon intelligence group, and stuffs a report outing the top dog.
The Los Angeles Times leads with security arrangements for Iraq’s election— eight days from now—and fronts the debate in the US over the use of torture.
For you older, non-digerati who aren’t up-to-date with what’s happening in cyberspace, the Times features the latest boy/girl craze on campus.
The New York Times’ editorial board looks at crafty attacks on evolution, Maureen Dowd at the attack on Sponge Bob.
Tom Friedman is onto Iraq from France. Public Editor Daniel Okrent looks at how the Times reports numbers, including its circulation figures.
The Washington Post’s editorial board weighs in on today’s Inauguration in Ukraine and serves up its thoughts on the next World Bank president.
Ombudsman Michael Getler reviews a report the Post blew big time; when’s the last time you read something like this in a Canadian newspaper?
Robert Kagan reviews the Inaugural speech. Jim Hoagland looks at foreign policy in the second term.
The Los Angeles Times’ editorial board looks at the jumbo Airbus; can you imagine the commissions they’ll be paying on this one?
Michael Kinsley defends Crossfire. David Hirst looks at the rise of the Shiites.
A second outsider—a blogger this week—get his chance to take a shot at the Times. When’s the last time you’ve seen anything like this series in a Canadian newspaper?
In the UK, The Independent leads with news that half of RAF women are victims of sex harassment. I sure hope the men atop the RAF don’t spin this as proof that half of RAF women are not victims of sex harassment.
The Observer has the army in its sites—leading with new allegations of abuse of Iraqi prisoners. The Sunday Times leads with the Foreign Minister telling US hawks to take a hike on Iran .
The Telly has the Tory leader putting immigration at the centre of the upcoming election campaign. In France, Roch Voisine came up big in this year’s NRJ.
At home, the Prime Minister is still away, but he’s back-pedalling briskly on the way back home.
Over the weekend, Ralph Klein was mildly critical of Martin’s threat to call an election. Meanwhile, Stephen Harper took the notwithstanding clause out of the debate in their long-distance exchange.
I’m not sure, though, constitutional lawyers will appreciate his calling their opinions “legal mumbo-jumbo.”
A lot of stuff of another colour has fallen on Toronto, or so I’m told. I’m also told, however, that the Canadian military is fully committed.
Speaking of which, a new book alleges that Canadian soldiers committed war crimes during World War 2.
Ottawa is in deep freeze, but things will heat up quickly when Parliament returns from its two seven-week Christmas break. Pit bulls have been put on notice.
Temperatures will surely rise this week at the Gomery Inquiry, when cabinet ministers take the hot seat. Yours truly, it so happens, wades in on Gomery in tomorrow’s Globe and Mail.
Torontonians are doing their own shovelling, perhaps because it wasn’t quite a blizzard. The Globe and Mail website says it was too a blizzard. Whom is one to believe these days?
Aside from the winter weather, The Toronto Star fronts Paul Martin not bluffing about an election but, ahem, “clarifying the scenario.”
I guess you’d call it a clarification—if you were the house organ of the Liberal Party. I wonder, though, how admirers of Mackenzie King will react to the debasement of his classic formulation in the headline.
From the US, Tim Harper reports on the dwindling death penalty in the US. From Europe, Sandro Contenta reports on the commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz —about which we’ll be reading and hearing a lot this week.
The editorial board weighs in on laying-off nurses. Rick Anderson and Linda McQuaig face off on Canada-US relations.
Haroon Siddiqui says Canada is not making good use of its ethnic diasporas; he should make that Ontario and visit BC. And do you think he knows that Canada ’s very smart Industry Minister is married to a smarter immigrant from Hong Kong ?
In CanWest land, The Montréal Gazette and The Ottawa Citizen front Paul Martin back-pedalling on his election bluster.
The Citizen also features a blockbuster—Canadian troops committing war crimes in WW2.
In the Toronto Sun, Peter Worthington discovers that not all babies born to Canadians are automatically Canadians.
In Calgary, Ted Byfield says it’s been a good week for opponents of same-sex marriage. Sun Media’s John Crosbie poops on Paul Martin.
From Ottawa, Greg Weston buys Ralph’s huffing about health. Paul Stanway lives in Ralph’s world and can read the tea leaves. So does Rick Bell, and he reports there will be no big bang.
Doug Fisher looks at the hot issues when Parliament returns, but he lost yours truly when he got onto bestiality.
Posted by Norman Spector on January 23, 2005 | Permalink
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