Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
I published “Good Riddance: Anorexic Models No Longer Reign in Spain” on September 14, 2006. It was the eve of New York Fashion Week. And I hoped to join far more influential trendsetters in shaming organizers. That is, by highlighting the decision organizers of Madrid Fashion Week made to ban skinny models. Skinny models reign It had no impact.… Read more.
It’s been a long time coming but Coach Tony Dungy and quarterback Peyton Manning finally overcame haunting obstacles (including the recent suicide of Dungy’s son and the persistent rap on Manning as a big-game choker) to win “the big one” for the Indianapolis Colts; and, complete with Manning winning vindication by also being named Super… Read more.
The joy of reading syndicated columns by Molly Ivins was surpassed only by the uproarious delight of hearing her share her populist views – distinguished by her inimitable (self-deprecating) Southern drawl and searing wit – in person. And she was never more entertaining than when she was rubbing America’s most fortunate son – Texas “shrub”… Read more.
In May 2005, I diagnosed that a groundhog had taken over President George W. Bush’s mind. And, given that we’ve awakened everyday for the past two years to the same headlines coming out of Iraq, it appears my diagnosis was correct! Related Articles:Groundhog days in Iraq…and in President Bush’s head! groundhog day Read more.
I have written many articles on the (Machiavellian) political machinations of Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But, despite it being widely reported – and he did little to deny – that he was an insufferable philanderer, I never commented on his personal life. Because just as I did not think Bill Clinton’s marital infidelities… Read more.
Like my favorite curmudgeon Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes, I also think reading fiction is a waste of time. Because the dramas, comedies and tragedies of real life that are chronicled in everything from newspapers to periodical and non-fiction books provide clear and convincing evidence that truth is not only stranger, but also more entertaining… Read more.
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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