Archives for January 2007

I don’t get the emotional attachment so many people have to this horse. Then again, it probably takes understanding the psychology at play in Peter Shaffer’s Equus to get it. But I think horse racing has all the redeeming social value of cockfighting (or dogfighting, given the Michael Vick scandal). Therefore, I had no emotional interest in… Read more.

Last summer, political outrage over its agreement to help the Chinese government spy on Chinese citizens forced Google’s co-founders to fly to Washington, DC to confess their corporate sins and plead for understanding, if not forgiveness. But I was so unmoved by their penitence that I ended my commentary on their confession as follows: …Despite… Read more.

Interdependence is the defining characteristic of the 21st century and there is a curious mix in today’s politics of moral cause and strategic interest…the challenge of climate change being the supreme expression of interdependence. This is how British Prime Minister Tony Blair ended his keynote address on Saturday at the closing session of the World… Read more.

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If you’re not a C-SPAN junkie like I am, you probably missed Sen. John Kerry’s belated concession speech this week, during which he promised his fellow Americans – with weeping sincerity – that he will never, ever launch another campaign to be elected president of the United States. Related Articles:Only dumb kids get sent to… Read more.

I was heartened when I read that the First Caribbean Summit on HIV/AIDS was convened in St. Croix last Sunday. But, given that this virus has been ravaging our people like a Biblical plague for years now, I could not help thinking that this summit was long overdue. And, truth be told, my spirit was… Read more.

Last night, President George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union Address to a Democrat-controlled Congress for the first time in his presidency. And, where many expected his reception to be divided along Party lines, it was remarkably bipartisan. Alas, this backslapping reception was inspired more by universal pity than admiration. Because everyone… Read more.

Casual Football fans think Super Bowl Sunday is the most exciting day of the NFL season. But real fans know that day is conference championship Sunday. And true to form, yesterday’s NFC championship game between the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints (which Chicago won 39 to 14) and the AFC championship game between the… Read more.

But here’s the real deal: Beckham got a $250 million screen test to become a movie star, Scientology poster boy, and Adidas pitch man! But, since this is really a two-for-one deal, Tom Cruise, now head honcho at the United Artist movie studio, promised to cast his wannabe movie star wife, former Spice Girl Victoria… Read more.

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