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Given that men seem determined to destroy the Earth in a nuclear conflagration (if they’re not preempted by the global-warming apocalypse that Al Gore has been warning about for the past 25 years), it seems I might as well suspend my political crusade for women to rule the world. But, given this week’s historic development,… Read more.
Given the remarkable precision and care with which a reported 1 million people have been evacuated from the amorphous vortex of raging fires in California, it seems clear that federal, state, and local government officials have heeded the tragic lessons of Hurricane Katrina. Indeed, not least in this regard is the way Qualcomm Stadium (home… Read more.
I’m not sure why so many people expect me to know the details of every alleged crime involving tourists in the Caribbean – from Natalee Holloway in Aruba to Bob Woolmer in Jamaica and Anna Nicole Smith in The Bahamas. But as flattered and amused as I am by it, I’m always eager to disabuse… Read more.
This is much bigger than South Africa rugby. To see our state president on the shoulders of one of the players, with the William Webb Ellis Trophy in his hands, there’s no bigger statement in our country than that. What we need as a nation is to understand how big this is. There’s no reason… Read more.
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Just months ago, I lamented the separation (after 30 years) of the political marriage between Segolene Royal and Francois Hollande. Here, in part, is what I wrote: …So much for the reputed quizzical insouciance of the French when it comes to marital (or, more notably, extramarital) affairs. Because today every French newspaper is emblazoned with… Read more.
We’ve got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel….So I’ve told people that, if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon. This is how President Bush responded –… Read more.
Yesterday, seemingly for the first time in years, Yahoo had cause to celebrate. Because after the company released a surprisingly robust earnings report, its share price enjoyed a very appreciative spike. (Never mind that financial analysts still regard it as a tech has-been relative to the trailblazing and far more profitable Google.) But Yahoo’s celebration… Read more.
I appreciate the comments, questions and insults many of you e-mailed in response to Saturday’s article. But this cartoon expresses all I care to say in response to your e-mails. Nevertheless, I feel obliged to note that a casual search of my weblog will make it patently clear that my criticisms of Gore’s misleading and… Read more.
[Or why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems hell-bent on competing with Bush to see who can do most damage to U.S. ties with the Muslim world! ]One of the most salient and strategic blunders of the war in Iraq is the extent to which it has incited ill-will throughout the Muslim world towards the United… Read more.
