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To compliment his wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, self-appointed war President George W. Bush launched a political war at home (and possibly within his own family) last night by nominating conservative Judge John Roberts to replace moderate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court (instead of nominating a moderate or another woman –… Read more.
China vs. Taiwan Cold War tensions are rising between the United States and China over Taiwan. I published a commentary a few months ago delineating why. In short, I cited the Cold War tensions between the US and the former Soviet Union over Cuba. Of course, that Cuban Missile Crisis escalated to the brink of nuclear war. The Soviet Union blinked and retreated… Read more.
Today, South Africans celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 87th birthday. They lit a special torch in his Apartheid prison cell as part of a new nationwide drive to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The prison is located on Robben Island, off Cape Town. Mandela spent almost two decades of his life there as punishment for seeking to end… Read more.
Tiger Woods admiring his trophy after wining the British Open golf championship and sealing his 10th major title – which keeps him well below par to surpass the 18 won by golf legend Jack Nicklaus… His proud grin says it all: Yesterday, Tiger bested a field of golf’s premier players to win another major championship… Read more.
Karl Marx: R.I.P? News and Politics Read more.
At 12:01 this morning, the latest literary potion from neopagan J.K. Rowling entitled Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released. And, people (mostly children up way past their bedtime) rushed bookstores with such crazed determination to get their copies that one might have thought they were cocaine addicts jostling each other to score some… Read more.
First Lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna doing their best to balance American financial AID to Africa with some good old fashioned tender loving care! First Lady Laura Bush returns to Washington today after a goodwill tour of Africa that, regrettably, got less coverage in America than the latest “breaking news” from Aruba about futile… Read more.
Today is the last of the 7-day annual Spanish Festival Encierro (running of the bulls). And, despite animal rights protesters showing up like skunks at a party, a goring good time was reportedly had by all. Unwelcome guests: Festival organizers had to moooove streaking animal rights activists – many of whom looked like fat cows… Read more.
A few weeks ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran elected a new president in democratic elections that would’ve made even George Washington, the father of American democracy, proud. Unfortunately, it did not please his presidential heir and namesake, George W. Bush. After all, this curious George only likes democratic elections when those elected share his… Read more.
Karl Rove has cultivated a reputation in Washington DC as the stealth operator who orchestrated a series of improbable election victories for George W. Bush. In fact, after his reelection as president last year, Bush publicly thanked Rove for being the architect of his political career. High praise indeed; but that was then…. Karl Rove… Read more.
