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Kraft’s Ultimatum for Sheeran to Cut Macklemore Shows the Self-Defeating Activism of American Jews

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Robert Kraft apparently thought dropping Macklemore over his pro-Palestinian rhetoric would send a message. Instead, four acts pulled out of Ed Sheeran’s tour. iPINIONS contends that Kraft’s show of muscle has become a lesson in how efforts to punish criticism of Israel can backfire. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/krafts-ultimatum-for-sheeran-to-cut Read more.

Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Don Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding. The Grift Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

A Russian oligarch who barely knew Don Jr. reportedly spent hundreds of thousands bankrolling his lavish Bahamas wedding. Against decades of Trump family dealings with Russian money and Donald Trump’s deference to Putin, the episode looks less like extraordinary generosity than another chapter in a family enterprise where grift, foreign influence, and political power routinely… Read more.

Hey, Billie Jean King, Time to Finish the Fight for Equal Sets

Monday, September 14, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Billie Jean King helped win equal prize money for women. But the US Open still crowns its women’s champion in best-of-three while requiring its men’s champion to play best-of-five. iPINIONS says either let women play five or make men play three. Equal pay should mean equal play. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/hey-billie-jean-king-time-to-finish Read more.

Anthropic Whistleblower Warns AI Frankensteins Are Engineering Our Doom. That’s Why These Rich SOBs Are Building Bunkers.

Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I initially thought these AI nerds were just suicidal avengers. But then it occurred to me that these greedy SOBs are spending billions building doomsday bunkers and beefing up their personal security for a reason. And that’s because they fully expect to survive whatever catastrophe they unleash on the rest of us. The wonder is that… Read more.

9/11 at 25: Time to End America’s Annual Passion Play

Friday, September 11, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Twenty-five years after 9/11, America still tolls the bells, reads the names, and performs the same ritual of national grief. But remembrance without reckoning has become theater. From the Taliban’s return to Trump’s latest 9/11 self-mythologizing, iPINIONS suggests that the greater tribute to the dead would be learning from the folly committed in their name.… Read more.

Milei Plays the Trump of Latin America Over the Falklands

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Milei is playing the Trump of Latin America, demanding Britain hand over the Falklands and citing Hong Kong as his precedent. But the islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain British, and Argentina already lost the war in 1982. As iPINIONS argues, nationalist chest-thumping is no substitute for military power. And Britain is no Venezuela. Read my… Read more.

Labor Day 2026. Trump Salutes Workers, Then Makes Them Pay

Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Labor Day supposedly celebrates workers. Yet Trump salutes them while tech oligarchs replace them, ICE deports them, corporations exploit them, and sailors fight his war under miserable conditions. iPINIONS contends that the real divide remains between the people who do the work and those who turn labor, fear, and patriotism into profit. Read my full… Read more.

Gloria Steinem, Feminist Trailblazer, Dies at 92

Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Gloria Steinem gave feminism its face, its wit, and its nerve. But iPINIONS notes that her death at 92 also recalls the old battles over what the women’s movement should become, and the strange irony of young women now embracing the tradwife life Steinem and Betty Friedan fought to liberate them from. Read my full… Read more.

Women’s Tennis: Media Hype Doomed Emma Raducanu. Now It’s Coming for Alex Eala

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Alex Eala enters the US Open amid extraordinary hype, millions in endorsements, and predictions of global superstardom. But iPINIONS contends that Emma Raducanu shows what can happen when fame and fortune outrun achievement. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/womens-tennis-media-hype-doomed-emma Read more.

Taliban 2.0 in Afghanistan, Where Taliban Rule Condones Raping Boys

Monday, August 31, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Five years after America’s ignominious retreat from Afghanistan, the Taliban are back to veiling women, excluding girls from school, and presiding over a culture in which powerful men rape vulnerable boys under the euphemism bacha bazi. iPINIONS argues that Taliban 2.0 preaches sexual purity for the powerless while allowing powerful men to profane it. Read… Read more.