Archives for January 2007

How else does one explain summer temps in New York City and snow storms in Malibu this week? Clearly, instead of commissioning a Congressional panel of experts to study the illusive effects of global warming, Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi should commission one to study the phenomenon of snow falling amongst citrus groves in California, which… Read more.

When challenger Sonny Liston disrespected him by insisting on calling him by his Christian name, Cassius Clay instead of his Muslim name, Muhammad Ali made him pay for his impudence with a thorough ass-whopping in the first round of their fight in 1965. And the rest, as we say, is bozing history…. But as great… Read more.

Last year, I wrote a series of articles chronicling the extraterritorial prosecutions (and imprisonment) by U.S. authorities of online gambling executives who operated out of Antigua and Costa Rica. And I predicted that these prosecutions coupled with targeted Congressional legislation spelled the death throes of this once thriving industry. For example, in the most recent… Read more.

During his 6 years as CEO of Home Depot, the largest home improvement retailer in America, Robert Nardelli managed what seemed virtually impossible in a U.S. economy experiencing unprecedented growth, buoyed no less by a thriving housing market: He generated no increase in the value of his company’s stock, which was trading at the same… Read more.

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International media reports this week indicate that there’s near universal outrage over the way Hugo Chavez has begun his reign as Venezuela’s president for life. And, of course, this alone is newsworthy. Because, until recently, Chavez enjoyed near universal acclaim – especially amongst heads of state throughout the Americas – even if for no other… Read more.

Alas, the only thing newsworthy about President Bush’s address to the nation last night is what he did not say: Namely, what he will do when even he realizes in November (when the Iraqis are supposed to assume control of the country) that his new way forward has only led back to where things are… Read more.

Almost two years ago, Mark McGwire led an all-star lineup of Baseball players who were summoned to testify before Congress about their suspected use of steroids. And back then, I was so disappointed in his cowardly, self-righteous and patently dishonest performance that I wrote the following: Mark McGwire was the goat in the lineup. He… Read more.

Governments around the world claimed to have been shocked, shocked by the report in Sunday’s Times of London that: Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons….[And that] two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-busters”. More specifically,… Read more.