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The death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts marks the end of Camelot – a 50-year period in American politics during which the Kennedy family was treated like royalty. And no one was more acutely aware that this end would come with his death than Kennedy himself. No doubt this is why he made such… Read more.
It’s bullshit. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on. It’s a total breach of faith, and either the president is intentionally caving to the left wing of his party or he’s lost control of his administration. It’s a declaration of war against the CIA, and against common sense. You will have thousands of lives… Read more.
Above left is a picture of the iconic bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt, who is regaled as one of the most beautiful women who ever lived. The bust is part of the Agyptisches Museum Berlin collection. Above right is a picture of a British woman, Nileen Namita, made up to look like Nefertiti. So… Read more.
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is the notorious Libyan who was convicted in 2001 of taking part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. The explosion occurred over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, two-thirds of them American. Megrahi was sentenced to life in prison. Nevertheless, Scottish authorities released him on compassionate grounds… Read more.
Therefore, it makes sense that he’d want to kill it – given all the trouble it’s causing him, right? Read more.
There have only been a few cases of androgynous men competing as women in international competition. The most notorious of course was Polish sprinter Stanislawa Walasiewicz who won the women’s 100m at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, but was found to have a “partially developed male genitalia” after her death in 1980. With all… Read more.
Frankly, I’ve always been stupefied by the fact that Switzerland has been able to thrive in the international community by laundering cash from narco-traffickers, kleptomaniacs and tax cheats while countries like Columbia (during the 1980s) and Guinea-Bissau (today) have been condemned as narco states. Therefore, if you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Americans… Read more.
We were treated this week to yet another Star-Trekky report by NASA scientists about other planets in the universe that “contain all of the elements we need for life.” But I’ve always felt that this quest for signs of life in the universe was fraught with the misguided notion that the solar system revolves, not… Read more.
Two years ago today, when Michael Vick copped a plea to charges stemming from his dog-fighting operation, I wrote that six months in prison and a $250,000 fine would be a fair sentence. I reasoned that, if he did any time at all, he would forfeit at least one season’s pay on his NFL contract,… Read more.
