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Yesterday, political pundits tried in vain to imbue Saddam Hussein’s anticlimactic death sentence with political relevance. And, oddly enough, both Republicans and Democrats seem convinced that it might provide a reprieve for those Republicans whose own political death penalty is scheduled to be executed in elections tomorrow. But it’s American soldiers dying in vain, not… Read more.
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During a now notorious screed last week, conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh accused actor Michael J Fox of “faking” the effects of his Parkinson’s disease – during a TV-ad – to elicit sympathy and support for stem cell research. I readily concede that I am agnostic about: Whether stem cell research is just an infanticidal… Read more.
Last year, I wrote an article, here, entitled For some, doing business in China means leaving your conscience at the border, in which I lamented the trend of multinational corporations ignoring all regard for universal human rights just to get a piece of the Chinese economic pie. In fact, here’s how I began that article:… Read more.
For years, I’ve been concerned about the Putinization of Russia; which, in case you haven’t been paying attention, is the determined plan by its neo-Stalinist president, Vladimir Putin, to roll-back the democratic reforms launched by his predecessors: namely, Mikhail Gorbachev, who introduced glasnost (transparency) in his failed attempt to restructure the Soviet Union’s moribund bureaucracy… Read more.
BREAKING NEWS: Transcripts prove that George W. Bush is smarter than John F. Kerry! This is the title of a commentary, here, dated 8 June 2005, in which I lampooned the truly stunning revelation that the seemingly-dumb George Bush graduated with a better GPA from Yale University than the seemingly-smart John Kerry. But, notwithstanding his… Read more.
Dear Readers: Because I was holed-up in meetings all morning yesterday, I was unaware that the article I thought was published at 6:45am was not published, in fact, until 2:30 pm. And for this I apologise unreservedly. I’m afraid the googleaire-nerds who host my weblog have been too busy spending their money to bother fixing… Read more.
Less than 2 months ago, celebrities from the world of politics, finance and entertainment gathered in New York City to pledge financial commitments to the charitable foundation of former US President Bill Clinton – that unrepentant political rogue who has assumed the role of Mother Teresa’s male counterpart (Father Bill?) rather persuasively. The attendees were… Read more.
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I don’t know anyone who wanted St. Louis to win. Moreover, given their lousy season (with a win-loss record of 83 – 78 vs. Detroit’s 95 – 67), I don’t know anyone who thought they would win the National League Pennant, let alone the World Series. Meanwhile, Detroit seemed fated to win. In fact, even… Read more.
