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This year, for the first time, I not only made a New Year’s Resolution but also published it here on January 3. I did so because I thought reporting on my efforts to fulfill this particular resolution might inspire others to fulfill theirs. Accordingly, here’s an excerpt from my original article, followed by today’s update:… Read more.
What I found most interesting about this year’s NBA finals is the prospect of Kobe finally leading the Lakers to a championship without the purportedly indispensable assistance of Shaquille O’Neal. Recall that the Lakers traded Shaq to the Miami Heat in 2004 to indulge Kobe’s petulant and narcissistic personality. And since then all NBA fans… Read more.
I suspect the notion of listening to a comic on CDs the way one listens to a singer or rapper is alien to most people these days. But I actually own three comedy albums that I still listen to as much as I listen to any of my musical CDs: two of them are by… Read more.
Nobody who knows Mugabe can possibly believe that he will ever accept defeat at the polls. After all, this man is a genocidal megalomaniac who is congenitally disposed to war. Therefore, it will take a war, the likes of which Africa has not seen in years, to wrest power from his hands. [Mugabe makes a… Read more.
Advocates for America’s puerile, inhumane and hypocritical policy towards Cuba invariably cite Fidel Castro’s dictatorship as justification for sustained hostilities. But all one has to do is cite China – with whose dictators the U.S. courts a very beneficial relationship – to dismiss this justification as demonstrably specious….Long before his first trip to Cuba in… Read more.
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Obviously, to the extent we can help immediately, we will help. You’ll come back better….Sometimes it’s hard to see it. This is the cold comfort President George W. Bush gave yesterday to the residents of Iowa and other states in the Midwest who have been devastated by tornadoes and torrential rains over the past week.… Read more.
Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com Published 19 June 2008 Lately, American (and even some British) colleagues have been asking me why government officials in the TCI seem so indifferent to (and immune from) prosecution for corruption. Of course, their questions stem from the fact that, despite probative evidence of gross mismanagement and misappropriation of… Read more.
In a veritable rout last night, the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 to win the 2008 NBA Championship Series 4-2. This represents the first title the storied Celtics have won since the halcyon days of the 1980s, when Larry Bird led them to championships in ’81, ’84 and, most recently, in ’86.… Read more.
I don’t mind admitting that, if Tiger Woods, 32, is not playing, I would rather watch paint dry than watch professional golf. Frankly, it’s a testament to his appeal as an athlete that I actually skipped work yesterday to watch him play. No doubt, this is why he earns over $100 million annually in commercial… Read more.
