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No one has been a greater critic of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas than I – as related commentaries will attest. But I was always sensible enough to appreciate that there had to be more to his character than the self-loathing media caricature of him. Never mind that Thomas has perpetuated this caricature by writing… Read more.
Eminem is as brilliant a social critic as he is a Hip-Hop rapper. This is why his parodies about today’s cult of celebrity – personified by celebutarts like Britney Spears and political dingbats like Sarah Palin – are as insightful as they are entertaining. But my enjoyment of his music has always been limited by… Read more.
Yesterday, after several delays, Sir Robin Auld submitted the Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry into possible government corruption and other serious dishonesty in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to Governor Gordon Wetherell. This Report is expected to recommend partial suspension of the TCI Constitution, as well as reforms to redress systemic weaknesses… Read more.
Being president of the United States has many enviable perks. But far be it from me to begrudge Barack Obama any of them. However, it smacks of the political tone-deafness that got Bush in trouble over Katrina that Obama sees nothing wrong with commissioning Air Force One (and all of the resources his presidential travel… Read more.
President Obama, thank you for your friendship to Israel and your friendship to me. You’re a great leader: a great leader of the United States, a great leader of the world, a great friend of Israel… If we resume negotiations, as we plan to do, then I think that the Palestinians will — will have… Read more.
Oh dear…. Quel dommage…! It seems Her Majesty The Queen is decidedly peeved that French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed to issue a proper invitation for her to attend next week’s observance of the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. One wonders, however, whether she is more displeased with Sarkozy for allegedly perpetrating this Napoleonic snub… Read more.
I was among those who celebrated last year’s landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court that banning same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. Moreover, I expressed my hope for the national impact this ruling would have as follows: Now, let us hope that old judicial proverb holds true, namely: as goes California, so goes the United States. [Same-sex… Read more.
Republican wingnuts just can’t help themselves. Because they know full well that, based on all academic and professional criteria, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is supremely qualified to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the US Supreme Court. They also know that she will be confirmed. Not least because she was first nominated to the federal bench by former… Read more.
Here, in part, is the statement President Barack Obama issued in response to the nuclear and missile tests North Korea conducted yesterday: North Korea’s attempts to develop nuclear weapons, as well as its ballistic missile program, constitute a threat to international peace and security… North Korea is directly and recklessly challenging the international community… We… Read more.
