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The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans. [Gwyneth Paltrow in Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias] Evidently, faking that British accent for her Oscar-winning performance in Shakespeare in Love (after introducing it in Emma) has caused Gwyneth Paltrow to suffer a lingering identity crisis. Because, even though being an American (Hollywood) actress… Read more.
Over a year ago, when Democrats (and one agnostic Republican) on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee blocked his nomination of John Bolton as UN Ambassador, President Bush used his executive authority to appoint him temporarily. Bolton’s critics claimed that they obstructed a vote on his confirmation by the full Senate because they feared he… Read more.
Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives and one of the shrewdest and most respected politicians in American history, is credited with coining the aphorism: All politics is local. Alas, this is a factor those of us who harbored delusions of an upset in yesterday’s Venezuelan presidential elections clearly forgot. Because,… Read more.
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Last summer, I wrote an article condemning the South African government for its provincial policy towards the treatment of HIV/AIDS, which kills more people in South Africa than in any other country in the world. I condemned the government because, instead of adopting the established pharmacological protocols that have proved most effective, it sent Health… Read more.
I am stupefied by prominent social commentators who are extrapolating from the hedonistic antics of pop tarts like Britney Spears grave consequences for the future of America. Hellooo! Iraq? Global warming? HIV/AIDS?… Mel Gibson? Michael Richards? Frankly, I pity not only the idle-minded fools who live for the latest gossip about or sighting of the… Read more.
When Pope Benedict XVI landed in Turkey yesterday for his daring pastoral visit, Catholics (and moderate Muslims) all over the world began praying with grave concern for his safety; and rightly so. After all, even before he hurled what many Muslims consider an unforgivable insult at the Prophet Muhammad and Islam, the Pope was already… Read more.
The bastards got me. Those are the dying words Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko allegedly uttered from his death bed in London last week, which led his loved ones, political pundits and conspiracy buffs to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering his assassination. And they felt vindicated when doctors reported over the weekend that Litvinenko… Read more.
“I don’t see how anyone can support the war and not support the draft….It would ensure a more equitable representation of people making sacrifices…. As long as Americans are being shipped off to war then everyone should be vulnerable. “ [Rep Charlie Rangel (D-NY), Korean War veteran – awarded Purple Heart and Bronze Star for… Read more.
