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CFP Sidelines Are No Place for Old Players Like Michael Irvin

Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Miami defeats Ohio in CFP semifinal

Miami beat Ohio State to reach the CFP semifinals, keeping its best title hopes alive since 2001. But instead of centering the players who earned it, the broadcast fixated on aging legends soaking up the spotlight. iPINIONS argues that sideline nostalgia, especially from figures like Michael Irvin, undermines team unity, media integrity, and the moment… Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Alumni, CFP Semifinals, College Football Culture, College Football Playoff, iPINIONS, Miami Hurricanes, Michael Irvin, Nostalgia, Ray Lewis, Sports Media

Artists Are Boycotting Trump’s Kennedy Center — and They’re Right To

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump Kennedy Center Randy Barrett

Artists are canceling performances at Trump’s renamed Kennedy Center, and the backlash is exposing a familiar lie: that submission equals unity. From Montgomery to lunch counters to today’s cultural boycotts, obedience has never been a virtue; it has always been complicity. This iPINIONS post explains why empty seats are not a failure of culture, but… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Artist Boycott, Arts and Politics, Complicity, Cultural Institutions, iPINIONS, Kennedy Center, Protest, Race and Power, Trump

Trump Insists Putin Wants Peace, Proving Hillary Right and Getting on Zelensky’s Last Nerve

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump meeting with Zelensky for so-called peace talks

Trump’s insistence that Putin wants peace isn’t naïveté; it’s alignment. As Ukraine burns, his rhetoric echoes Kremlin propaganda, strains relations with Kyiv, and further erodes America’s credibility abroad. iPINIONS argues that Trump’s rhetoric isn’t just reckless. It makes the clearest case yet for invoking the 25th Amendment. See my full take on Substack.https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-insists-putin-wants-peace-proving Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: 25th Amendment, American decline, Authoritarianism, iPINIONS, Putin, Trump, Ukraine, US foreign policy, Zelensky

Stop Waiting in Line: The Truth About Viral Food Trends

Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Food trends with people waiting in line

Truer words have never been spoken. One week, social media hype has people waiting in line for hours for cronuts. The next week, it’s rainbow bagels, towering milkshakes, or the Popeyes chicken sandwich. But iPINIONS says return just a week or two later for the same trendy food, and you’ll walk right in and probably… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Consumer Trends, FOMO, Food Culture, Hype Culture, Instagram, Marketing, Pop Culture, Restaurant Industry, social media, Viral Trends

US Drone Strikes in Nigeria: More Bullying “Shithole” than Protecting Christians

Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump drone strikes on Nigeria to protect Christians

This is Trump exporting his White Christian nationalist worldview under the guise of protecting Christians. Nigeria becomes the target not because Christians are uniquely threatened, but because a Black country fits Trump’s “shithole” hierarchy and Project 2025’s moralized militarism. Drone strikes become theology by other means — power dressed up as piety. Never mind that… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Africa, Christians, drone strikes, foreign policy, iPINIONS, Nigeria, Power Politics, Trump, US military

Wither Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza… And They Know It’s Christmas

Friday, December 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Happy Christmas from Gaza and Ukraine

As the world gathers to celebrate Christmas, war continues to devastate Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, and countless other places we choose not to name. This year-end iPINIONS post confronts the moral dissonance of comfort amid catastrophe, and asks what it means to look away while others endure. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/wither-ukraine-sudan-gaza-and-they Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Christmas, Gaza, Global Indifference, Holidays, humanitarian crisis, International Politics, iPINIONS, Moral Responsibility, Sudan, Ukraine, war

What Do You See in This Cartoon?

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Kambiz cartoon on race

In this Substack post, iPINIONS breaks down a deceptively simple cartoon that exposes how race, indifference, and moral responsibility are read very differently depending on who’s doing the looking. What begins as a visual narrative quickly becomes a mirror, forcing viewers to confront not just what they see, but what they choose to ignore. Read… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Civil Rights, iPINIONS, Media Criticism, political cartoons, racism, Visual Culture, white privilege

Trump’s National Security Strategy: Dominate the Americas, Split Europe with Russia and Asia with China, Monetize the Middle East, Quarantine Africa

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump's National Security Strategy and its pro-Putin slant

Trump’s newly published National Security Strategy reads less like a plan for global stability than a roadmap for willful disorder. Rather than strengthening alliances, the strategy reduces global security to transactional leverage, abandons Europe to Russian pressure, and forces the EU to reckon with defending itself without Washington. iPINIONS explains why Europe is now being… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Africa US foreign policy, National Security Strategy, Putin, Russia, Trump, Ukraine

Mom’s Paywall Makes My Coffee-Priced Subscription Look Cheap

Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Mom's paywall for Christmas newsletter

Mom just put the family newsletter behind a paywall. Compared to that, my iPINIONS Substack seems like charity. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/moms-paywall-makes-my-coffee-priced Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Creator Economy, Humor, iPINIONS, Social Commentary, Substack

Trump’s Fake FIFA Peace Prize: How He Hijacked the World Cup Draw

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump World Cup draw and his peace medal

Trump turned the World Cup draw into yet another ego spectacle — complete with a fake FIFA Peace Prize crafted to soothe his obsession with the Nobel he’ll never win. From lingering on the Club World Cup stage to strong-arming Infantino into flattery, this post exposes how FIFA let the world’s most popular sport become… Read more.

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Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: American politics, Authoritarianism, Chelsea FC, Club World Cup, Fifa, Gianni Infantino, International Football, iPINIONS, Nobel Peace Prize, Political Vanity, Sports Corruption, Trump, World Cup 2026

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