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Jacob Zuma indicted! But it remains anyone’s guess whether he goes back to prison where he spent so much time (on Robben Island) for “conspiring to overthrow” the Apartheid regime; or whether he rides his wave of unebbing popularity to become the next president of South Africa… Just weeks ago, all of America experienced heart… Read more.
For a 17th consecutive night, French youths torched cars and properties in cities all over France. But, adding a positive dimension to this reign of terror, the immigrant parents of these disaffected arsonists are now marching defiantly in the streets by day. Instead of fanning the flames, however, they are demanding constructive dialogue with French… Read more.
In America, Veteran’s Day has become as much about honouring those who risked (and sacrificed) their lives “to defend our freedoms” as Christmas Day is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. (And we all know how politically incorrect it is now to display Nativity Scenes or even inscribe the name of Christ in Christmas….)… Read more.
Celebrated author Terry McMillan (53) is making a public spectacle of the breakdown of her marriage. It began when she filed divorce papers that read like a script for the follow-up to her bestselling novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back. It turns out Jonathan Plummer (30), the Jamaican boy toy who helped her “get her groove back,” is gay. He… Read more.
In this 5 August article, I expressed vindication for predicting that Rafael Palmeiro’s testimony before the U.S. Congress about his use of steriods was so fatuous that it would provoke a perjury investigation. Well, yesterday, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, announced that – after an exhaustive investigation – his… Read more.
I’ve always been more interested in the phenomenon that makes multi-millionaire celebrities of barely literate athletes than in the games these athletes play. And, no sport perpetuates this phenomenon more than the National Football League (NFL) in the United States. I know many intellectual and social snobs who resent the millions these educationally challenged, mostly… Read more.
Even for high profile and hotly contested presidential elections – like Bush vs. Gore in 2000 and Bush vs. Kerry in 2004 – almost half of the Americans who are eligible to vote, fail to do so. Therefore, it is not surprising that an election day on which neither the presidency nor control of the… Read more.
Disillusioned and disaffected youths continued their riots for a twelth night undeterred by the French goverment’s show of force Progressive political observers have commended President George Bush for expressing sympathy for President Jacques Chirac as he grapples with nightly riots that are fueling the flames of anarchy all over France. Of course, this commendation is… Read more.
Over the past few months, I’ve written a series of articles on Zimbabwe’s descent into political and economic hell. In them, I lamented on how the fiendish president of this God-forsaken country, Mr Robert Mugabe: Guaranteed his reelection earlier this year by dispatching military thugs to harass voters and seize productive farms from white farmers… Read more.
Some Americans reacted with indignation and incredulity when it was revealed last week that the CIA has been operating secret prisons overseas at which terror suspects are tortured routinely and held without charge indefinitely. Which, of course, is rather like Americans being shocked and repulsed when they find out how sausage is made but still… Read more.
