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It is a sad reflection on the state of the news media today that idle gossip and silly punditry now flow unfiltered from the fringe corners of the blogosphere into the main stream … often as breaking news! And nothing demonstrates this quite like the way conservative wingnuts turned their paranoid delusions about President Obama’s… Read more.
In the spirit of transparency and accountability, I should begin by acknowledging that I was amongst the most plaintive callers for British intervention in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). And, despite some disappointment with the way direct rule is unfolding, I remain as convinced as ever that this intervention was absolutely necessary. That said,… Read more.
I was as proud as any non-Brazilian could have been last month when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio – despite high-profile lobbying by President Obama and Oprah for Chicago. [S]ince I was rooting for Brazil, my shock turned immediately to vindication because I knew that Chicago’s loss meant that Rio’s win was inevitable. … Read more.
Of all of the contradictions that characterized the life of Michael Jackson none was more glaring than his singing, with such conviction, the following lyrics from his hit song Black or white: …if you’re thinkin’ about my baby, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white. For it clearly mattered to him; just as it… Read more.
When Barack Obama pledged to restore bipartisanship to Washington during last year’s presidential campaign, he could not have imagined that the centerpiece of his legislative agenda, health care reform, would garner only one Republican vote. Yet that is precisely what happened on Saturday night. Specifically, Rep. Anh Cao was the only Republican in the House… Read more.
Over six months ago, I lamented that the Swine flu was causing more panic than pandemic. And I blamed the Obama administration for inciting much of this panic by issuing specious warnings about its deadly potential, including advisories against traveling to Mexico. I explained my lamentation by noting that: … far too few government officials… Read more.
A major in the US Army opened fire this afternoon at a processing facility at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 12 and wounding 31 of his fellow soldiers. (And given the nature of their wounds, the death toll is likely to increase.) Preliminary reports indicated that military police killed him at the scene. But, even though… Read more.
