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I suspect billions of people will watch the Oscars on Sunday to see who will win the best actor and actress awards for their movie roles this past year. And fair enough. Good luck to all nominees. But I hope you don’t mind this shameless attempt to bask in the reflected glow of the Oscars… Read more.
As discredited, disrespected and disliked as he has become (at home and abroad), U.S. President George W. Bush remains the leader most coveted by governments around the world to pay a state visit to their countries. And, notwithstanding the anti-Bush rioting in the streets, no two governments are more solicitous of this Machiavellian honor than… Read more.
“Anything is possible in nature. You have birds that fly around the world…. But let’s hope to God that that is not the case here in the Bahamas.” [Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Leslie Miller]Just in case you hear chicken-little reports about a bird flu epedemic in The Bahamas today, here’s the real story:… Read more.
Okay, so maybe there’s something to this “deaths of famous people come in threes” superstition after all…. I don’t mean to be too funereal, but many of you accused me of coming across like a voodoo priest for even mentioning this phenomenon is my farewell tributes to Wendy Wasserstein, Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan.… Read more.
It’s bad enough that Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code (DaVinci) is possibly nothing more than a skillfully plagiarized version of Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln and Richard Leigh’s 1982 novel Holy Blood, Holy Grail (HBHG). But knowing that it’s equally possible that HBHG is itself nothing more than a skillfully woven tale of… Read more.
“Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you; And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; And I will bless those who bless you,… Read more.
It was not the result of a national election but it still counts. By being elected the new leader of Jamaica’s ruling People’s National Party (PNP) on Saturday, Portia Simpson Miller will automatically become prime minister when PJ Patterson, the current PM, retires in a few weeks – after 14 years in power. Here’s to… Read more.
“Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don’t like them and won’t watch them … Because they’re so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard… Read more.
It is naive, if not stupid, to regard the jingoistic hysteria in America over the ports deal the Bush Administration consummated with the UAE as anything but racist! Dubai UAE, US ports deal Read more.
After Sasha Cohen (L) of the United States and Irina Slutskaya (R) of Russia ended the short program in the women’s Figure Skating competition on Tuesday in a virtual tie, everyone presumed last night’s final would be a cold war battle for the gold between them, figuratively, with the other skaters fighting for bronze.… Read more.
