Sorry Mickey…. Read more.
And the Oscar goes to? Well, so much for the leaked results … and for my picks
Monday, February 23, 2009 at 6:21 AM
Archives for 2009
The 2009 Academy Awards: the winners leaked…?!
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 7:54 AM
I really enjoy cinema. And I appreciate the attention the Oscars often give to good but relatively unseen films like The Reader. Unfortunately, with all due respect to critics and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy), how much a film makes, not whether the Academy awards it an Oscar, is… Read more.
The NY Post fires racist shot at President Obama
Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 6:21 AM
No one has been a more ardent critic of the black-victimology politics that Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have turned into a very profitable business enterprise. But even these firebrands occasionally stumble upon a perceived racial slight that is in fact worthy of outrage and protest. And such is the case with this cartoon that… Read more.
Just like “Tricky-Dick” Nixon, “Crooked-Mike” Misick forced to resign
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 5:40 AM
In the fall of 1973, President Richard Nixon of the United States had every right to feel invincible… Today, Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) also has every right to feel invincible… As farfetched as the comparison above might seem, the historical parallels between Nixon and Misick do not end there.… Read more.
A-Rod comes clean about steroids – kinda…
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 5:34 AM
I appreciate the fact that Alex Rodriguez became the first superstar baseball player to admit taking performance-enhancing drugs while still in his prime. He made this game attempt to come clean during a press conference yesterday at the Yankees’ spring-training camp in Tampa, Florida. Regrettably, he injected unnecessary doubt into his confessionby offering the patently… Read more.
Viva Chávez…?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 5:25 AM
Editorials from around the world were dripping with schadenfreude yesterday as they heralded the ‘first ever electoral defeat’ for Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez… Nevertheless, Chávez may yet have the last laugh. [Referendum defeat actually vindicates Chávez, TIJ, December 4, 2007] I remember well being criticized for sounding this cautionary note whilst other (more-authoritative) pundits were… Read more.
Happy 4th Anniversary of TIJ
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 7:57 AM
As improbable as it seemed when I launched this weblog, today marks the fourth anniversary of The iPINIONS Journal. Remarkably enough, I enjoy writing and publishing my commentaries even more now than I did back then. Therefore, I have no doubt that I shall be doing so for at least another four years. I only hope that you continue to find my… Read more.
Israeli elections: too close to call between Livni and Netanyahu
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 5:24 AM
If Livni succeeds (and I predict she will despite Israel’s notoriously fractious politics), she will become the second female prime minister in the country’s short 60-year history. It’s anybody’s guess, however, what her election would portend for Israel’s two most-pressing national issues, namely its looming war with Iran and elusive peace with Palestine. But, given… Read more.
UPDATE: Zimbabwe forms (improbable) coalition government
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 5:36 AM
One of the potential hazards of publishing online commentaries is that it’s very easy for experts on any subject you’re writing about to expose you as an uninformed fool. In fact, I know extremely intelligent people who refuse to even submit online comments out fear of having them undermined by more informed comments. Therefore, I… Read more.
Open Letter on the TCI Commission of Inquiry
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 5:13 AM
My Fellow TCIslanders Now that the hearings have ended, this seems an appropriate time to address the frustrations and concerns many of you have shared with me about the conduct of the ongoing Inquiry into government corruption or other serious dishonesty in our country. I am especially mindful that your feelings in this respect have… Read more.